Review of Citizenfour (2014) by Hugo V — 09 Jan 2016
Quite dull.
A documentary on Edward Snowden, the NSA agent who blew the whistle on the US's surveillance of its own citizens. The movie shows how reporter Glenn Greenwald met and interviewed Snowden in Hong Kong, Snowden discussing his motivations, how the story was broken and the effects thereof.
Set up like a thriller, but more tedious than thrilling.
How this won the 2015 Oscar for Best Documentary, I don't know. While there was some intrigue initially, as Snowden tries to connect with Greenwald, after that it is pretty dull. Most of the movie consists of scenes of Snowden and Greenwald waffling on about nothing important. At best you get Snowden's naive motivations for doing what he did.
The detailing of events as they unfurl is interesting at times, but it is really nothing you didn't already know.
This review of Citizenfour (2014) was written by Hugo V on 09 Jan 2016.
Citizenfour has generally received very positive reviews.
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