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Kill the Messenger

2014

Michael Cuesta

Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ray Liotta, Michael Sheen ...

6.2

6,919

Drama. Thriller A dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb. Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation’s streets…and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Renner appears completely immersed in his role and when the clouds of doubt accumulate and the man becomes a professional pariah, it's a painful thing to see."	POS
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"An 'issue film' worth seeing. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Andrew Barker Variety	"Jeremy Renner gives his best performance since 'The Hurt Locker' in this assiduous, engrossing drama about the late investigative reporter Gary Webb."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"'Kill the Messenger' is an intriguing, chilling and briskly paced film. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"'Kill the Messenger' tries to be the 'JFK' of crack, but offers only shrill self-righteousness to answer the crazed energy of Oliver Stone’s masterpiece of deceit. (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"	NEG

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