The Fifth Estate (2013)

[baumer]

Discuss the film that has the same name as a popular TV show on CBC in Canada.

[Gopher]

Overdirected and underwritten. The movie never gets a grip on what it wants to say about Assange or WikiLeaks, or if it even wants to say anything at all. Not even Cumberbatch saves this turkey.

[Jack Nevada]

I really liked it.

[Vanilla]

I like it over all, nothing special tho.

[baumer]

The movie itself isn't great but what it represents is what matters.  It could have been a little tighter and it could have gotten a bit more into a few things but overall it does what it set out to do and that is to show us what really happens is places we don't talk about or are allowed to know about.  Because of this, everyone should see this film.  When you can expose the government with a computer and some willingly souls to come forward, it does give you hope.

 

7.5/10

[Ezen Baklattan]

A bit of a strange film. It's certainly a story worth telling in our age of information and post-9/11 skepticism, but sadly, it didn't make for a compelling story in this case. Bruhl and Cumberbatch give generally capable performances, but are let down by an underdeveloped script. (I do agree with Gopher's comment on this being kind of over-directed, too, especially in the first part) I still kind of enjoyed it simply because of the story and what it's trying to say, but it's a far cry from what it could have been.

 

Also, the last scene of the film was kind of cringe-worthy. 

 

C+

[JohnnyGossamer]

This kind of sucked. C-/D+.

[Jake Gittes]

Awful.