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The Fifth Estate

2013

Bill Condon

Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Alicia Vikander, Carice van Houten ...

5.4

5,740

Drama The heady, early days of Wikileaks to its abrupt end after a series of controversial and history changing info leaks. The website's overnight success brought instant fame to its principal architects, but as their power expanded across the globe, Daniel Domscheit-Berg grew increasingly disillusioned with Julian Assange's questionable tactics and ethics. The rift between the two friends became irreparable and their ideological differences ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"Results can’t help but stimulate, but they’re also cluttered and overly frenetic, resulting in a narrative less informative, cogent and even emotionally engaging than Alex Gibney’s recent docu 'We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks'."	NEU
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Benedict Cumberbatch's Julian Assange is the highlight of a sometimes ordinary-feeling film."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It's ironic that Alex Gibney's recent WikiLeaks doc uploads the same material with more dramatic oomph. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"Benedict Cumberbatch is inspiredly cast, serving up a technically ingenious performance which may be his juiciest ever. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Adam Smith Empire	"Disappointingly dull account of a tale desperately in need of a sharper screenplay and some directorial vim. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of five)"	NEG
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"'The Fifth Estate' doesn't seem to be presenting the full story. Instead, it's a fairly dull thriller about a hugely influential Internet phenomenon. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"This version of the WikiLeaks story (...) is a moderate snoozefest, undone by its timid, muddled efforts at fair-mindedness."	NEU

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