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J T @Jason123 Feb 23 Cumberbatch does a pretty good job with Julian Assange's character and the work he put into developing Wikileaks, which is hard to do in a fast moving flick. Overall not bad, I enjoyed it and its definitely better than the 35% Rotten Tomatoes score. See more mark g @Mark_Alan_G. Aug 21 What a load of crap. This wasn't a champion of the 1st amendment, this was a stooge being used by Russia to smear the US. Hypocritical when you take into account the horrific atrocities he ignored from Russia. See more betty c @RT05525841 11/16/2024 The Fifth Estate only shares one side of the story they are airing!! Shame on them. They are definitely controlled by the powers that be. I believe they are funded by our government. Their story on the Coutts border blockade was totally one sided. They lied about the men that were charged and only showed one side of the situation. The RCMPs side and our corrupt government and legal systems side. They didn't bother talking to people who were actually at the blockade or others that know the people that were arrested. Why is that?? Who paid for this broadcast? Hmmm....were they biased by the people who control them? When they find out the whole truth and nothing but the truth, will they own up and apologize to those involved and unjustly accused? I doubt it very much. See more William T @RT27622449 07/17/2024 I enjoy the soundtrack and the performance of Daniel Brühl is excellent and i am in love of Alicia Vikander. See more Pacifist287 T @RT55739362 07/04/2024 A propaganada piece which paints Julian Assange, who is a true hero, as a villain....sad that Benedict Cumberbitch agreed to do this movie See more Blu B @RT43513976 12/06/2023 It's such a mess. This is a lot of things but the biggest thing is this is, it's a wasted opportunity. Everything is bogged down by subpar execution and a unfocused script. This should've just focused on the major leak that led to the escalation of the info war with the U.S.A. not all the backstory on the organization, Daniel, and barely getting any backstory on Julian who sometimes is the main focus and sometimes isn't. That the other thing I can't tell you if Daniel, Julian, or the Info War plot is the main focus as it feels terribly unfocused. Before the major leak it shows all the results of multiple other leaks and it feels terribly jumpy and doesn't flow well at all. It feels like just random events and makes this feel very convuluted. The cinematography is shot lifelessly, pointless shaky cam, obnoxious camera angles every now and than, all over the place different styles, weird abstract scenes, and sometimes the scenes are so convuluted you don't even know what's happening. This does get better in the second half though and the best part is the inital leak and receiving of the papers which actually was well done and came very close to something out of the Bourne movies. Than it starts bouncing around again and loses focus but not as bad as first. The music isn't good either alternating from boring and generic to out of place international pop numbers. They never help build tension or suspense at all. This can't decide if it wants to be a biopic about Julian or a political thriller and never full develops either. Finally, Cumberbatch isn't good in this as Julian and comes across as wooden, stilted, and not kind of whiny at times. We never get any backstory on him really either despite this trying to be a biopic about him and his rise. This needed to really start and focus squarely on the leak simliar to something like a combo of All the President's Men and a Bourne movie hybrid and drop all the unfocused backstory and abstract stuff to simplify the plot and make Julian less wooden and stilted. Skip This and read the book instead. What a missed opportunity. See more Read all reviews

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