The Fifth Estate
3.56/5
Based on 276 votes and 113 reviews.
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October 17, 2013
Fast paced with good acting. Some of the hand held camera work may make you dizzy. Worked better as a docudrama than a well crafted story.
October 17, 2013
A gripping cyber political thriller. Well acted by Benedict Cumberbatch as the socially awkward genius Julian Assange, the digital whistle-blower from Australia.
October 17, 2013
The Fifth Estate accomplishes its intent: offering some insight into an important milestone in history and prompting viewers to question and debate what they have just witnessed. Unfortunately, it takes too long to get there
October 17, 2013
I thought Benedict Cumberbatch did a great job as Julian Assange, but the rest of film left much to be desired. I wasn't a huge fan of the cinematography or the sound design. If I heard that many bleeps and bloops from my programs as I was working I'd have gone crazy long ago. The government officials side of the story seemed a little out of place tone-wise, but I love Stanley Tucci so I'll let that slide. The film wrapped up nicely with Julian (Benedict) stating that the public needs to seek out information to stay informed with what the governments of the world are doing behind our backs. Overall I'd say it was worth watching.
October 17, 2013
The Fifth Estate is a thought provoking and informative film about the Wikileaks scandal that rocked the world not so long ago and is still being felt today. The performances from the long list of top notch cast members was very impressive. Their performances helped to ground this fast paced movie and remind us that it happend just a couple of years ago and it isn't a fictional story. The one thing I had to remind myself is that it is from the perspective of Daniel, who wrote one of the books the movie is based on, we do not get Julian's point of view, so we can't know how much of Julian's on screen personality and behavior is true to life. The performances by both very tale
October 17, 2013
I thoroughly enjoyed Benedict Cumberbatch performance; it continues to show me his versatility and range. This film is a great expose on how our world is changing & how accountability will soon be absolutely unavoidable.
October 17, 2013
A well written and acted movie. The twists and turns in the plot kept you engaged from start to end. Found myself interested in learning more about wikileaks when I got home from the show.
October 17, 2013
The Fifth Estate was a very Hollywood telling of the Wikileaks story. I think its hard to do a movie about advanced technology without out glorifying the cheesy over cyber-esque aesthetic. The film at points reminded me of the 1995 movie "Hackers" at points. Acting was good, character development was pretty simple and one note. All in all a good piece of escapism.
October 17, 2013
Good suspense ! But once again, Hollywood describe a bad picture of reality trying to satanise a wonderful organization !
October 17, 2013
Interesting in terms of learning a little more about Wikileaks and Mr. Assanage but honestly we did not particularly enjoy the film. Perhaps it was because we had seen Captain Phillips the previous evening, which held us spell bound and on the edge of our seats for te entire movie !! That said there is no doubt that Mr. Cumberbatch was well cast and did a credible job with what he was given.