Review of Citizenfour (2014) by Brent_Marchant — 08 Nov 2014

It's truly unfortunate that revelations as important as those being exposed here are told in such a clumsy, plodding manner. This ambling release is riddled with documentary footage desperately in need of editing, coupled with an incessant stream of unexplained technospeak, causing much of what's important about this story -- the unfolding events and their wide-ranging implications -- to become lost in the muddle of extraneous flotsam and unending jargon.

Judicious snipping and better elaboration of the material would have made the message of this picture immeasurably more accessible to a wider lay audience -- the very people who need to get it. Instead, we're left with a picture that mostly preaches to a choir of technically savvy insiders, most of whom are likely already familiar with the story and how it came to pass.