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Trumbo

2015

Jay Roach

Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, John Goodman ...

7.0

14,866

Drama The successful career of Hollywood screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, comes to an end when he's blacklisted in the 1940s for being a Communist. Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) has a successful career as one of the highest-paid screenwriters in Hollywood. When he refuses to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, which is trying to keep Communist influences out of Hollywood, he gets blacklisted. However, he continues to write ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Nikola Grozdanovic IndieWire	"The film's MVPs are Cranston's dedicated performance, and, appropriately, John McNamara's jocular screenplay, with a terrific ensemble of supporters (...) The picture is an incredibly fun leap into a time-machine back into old-fashioned Hollywood"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"'Trumbo' may be clumsy and overly simplistic at times, but it’s an important reminder of how democracy can fail (...) and the strength of character it takes to fight the system."	NEU
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"Both the camerawork and editing are fast and serviceable (...) a cloying score (...) What makes the movie work are the lively performances, both from the supporting cast and from Cranston"	NEU
United Kingdom	Allan Hunter Screendaily	"A film that primarily seeks to entertain as well as inform. (...) His approach is bright and breezy with plenty of snappy dialogue and comic situations to offset the horror that unfolds when an anti-Communist witch hunt is unleashed"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Sounds like a biopic slog, and sometimes it is. But Cranston is a powerhouse as Trumbo in his glory, speaking truth to power (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United Kingdom	Henry Barnes The Guardian	"Roach wants the film to be fun, while the story is serious. It’s a good idea and an admirable intention. But it does suffer the odd wobble. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"Roach whips up a playful, stylized, slightly melodramatic tone. (...) Cranston is a force of nature in a title role that gives him a chance to chew the scenery with gusto. But he also creates an indelible Trumbo's portrait"	POS
United States	Lou Lumenick New York Post	“It’s a cracking good story, and Cranston does a great job (...) 'Trumbo' may not have the gravitas of previous blacklist films like “Guilty by Suspicion,’’ but in some ways it’s the most satisfying of them all"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"'Trumbo' tells a great-man story with a patchwork of fact and fiction, mixing in the odd bit of newsreel with a great many dull, visually flat and poorly lighted dramatic scenes	NEG
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Trumbo" works well enough as a general survey of Trumbo's life and career (...) but it fails to really engage with the material, to dig deep for significant themes"	NEU

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