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By Tvjerry (1,783) on 22 Oct 2014

Jeremy Renner plays Gary Webb, the journalist who exposed the scandal that the CIA was selling drugs to finance the Contras in Nicaragua…

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By Brent_Marchant (762) on 16 Oct 2014

A taut, well-crafted, fact-based thriller with excellent performances by Jeremy Renner and a fine supporting cast…

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By Ginak (385) on 11 Oct 2014

I did not go to see Kill the Messenger for political reasons but because I wanted to see a good film…

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By Je61 (12) on 10 Oct 2014

A complicated and thought provoking film. Perhaps a bit too complicated to entertain the average viewer…

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By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 09 Oct 2014

It hobbles its otherwise fascinating premise by descending into hagiography…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 09 Oct 2014

That the filmmakers are able to pursue their theme to the extent that the true story on which the film is based obliges them to somehow has…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 09 Oct 2014

What hits home is Renner’s performance, which gives full weight both to Webb’s fierce, abiding love for journalism and his despair when…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for New Orleans Times-Picayune (573) on 09 Oct 2014

The result is a film that is engrossing for stretches, that will raise your hackles -- and maybe the hair on the back of your neck -- especially…

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By Michelleo (1) on 09 Oct 2014

This is a really important movie. It is an interesting, well-acted, absorbing movie experience…

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By Lizlemon44 (4) on 09 Oct 2014

A very good movie elevated into something great thanks to a phenomenal performance from Jeremy Renner…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 08 Oct 2014

Jeremy Renner doesn’t put much movie-star mustard on his performance as a newspaper reporter in Kill the Messenger, and that’s one of the…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 08 Oct 2014

As suspenseful as any episode of Showtime's Homeland, which director Michael Cuesta also executive-produced…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 08 Oct 2014

Kill the Messenger is compelling material but the recognition that the core of the narrative is based on true events gives it additional power…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 08 Oct 2014

While the chronological details and social significance of the story Webb reported get shortchanged, Kill the Messenger is a vital reminder…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 08 Oct 2014

Michael Cuesta’s Kill the Messenger made me so angry over the apparent injustice done to its journalist hero, Gary Webb (Jeremy Renner),…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 08 Oct 2014

The visual choices in the movie, including all the close-ups of Gary’s face as it lightens and darkens, help create the sense that something…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 08 Oct 2014

[Renner's] outstanding as a man passionate about his work…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 08 Oct 2014

This pulpy, energetic film is a fast-moving and entertaining tale…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 08 Oct 2014

A resonant journalistic cautionary tale gets packaged as a hokey thriller in Kill the Messenger, a movie with a message that isn’t nearly…

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By Tom Russo (407) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 08 Oct 2014

It’s an engrossing portrait not only of government intrigue and crusading after the truth, but of media and their tangled motivations…

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