The Fifth Estate

M
2013
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128 mins
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Benedict Cumberbatch is WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in this dramatised retelling of the heady, early days of the whistleblowing website... More

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The Fifth Estate | Ratings & Reviews

"The problem with true stories is that they always feel messy, imperfect, unfinished. For its first hour, Bill Condon's primer on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is perfectly serviceable – if far from subtle, like reading a Wikipedia page on CAPS LOCK."

Flicks, Matt GlasbyFlicks

"Primarily hobbles itself by trying to cram in more context-needy material than any single drama should have to bear."

VarietyVariety

"With a riveting portrayal by Cumberbatch at its heart, The Fifth Estate tells its story grippingly - but finally leaves us none the wiser."

Total FilmTotal Film

"Brühl, meanwhile, is saddled with the unenviable task of being this hollow movie’s slow-dawning voice of reason: His climactic conversation with newspaper editor David Thewlis (never worse) is one of the most embarrassingly didactic Way We Live Now™ summations ever filmed."

Time OutTime Out

"There is something a little too pat about this narrative, and about the more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger spirit in which it is offered."

The New York TimesThe New York Times

"This is highly competent catnip for the watercooler crowd."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"Condon seems to hope energetic staging and furrowed brows will compensate for a script that’s essentially an exchange of halfhearted arguments."

The DissolveThe Dissolve

"A well-acted but uneven take on recent events that feels strangely superfluous."

Sydney Morning HeraldSydney Morning Herald

"Cumberbatch's Julian Assange is the highlight of a sometimes ordinary-feeling film."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"Disappointingly dull account of a tale desperately in need of a sharper screenplay and some directorial vim. Might as well wait for the Blu-ray, Jules."

Empire MagazineEmpire Magazine

The Fifth Estate | Details

Rating
M, Violence and offensive language
Runtime
128
Genre
Drama, True Story & Biography
Country of origin
USA

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