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By Lorry Kikta (141) for Film Threat (5,156) on 01 Sep 2019

Official Secrets is an incredibly smart film that celebrates the whistleblowers of the world…

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By Jude Dry (205) for IndieWire (3,631) on 31 Aug 2019

Like its heroine, Official Secrets is shouting into an echo chamber…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 30 Aug 2019

Along the way there’s a scene of a secret meeting in a parking garage that’s more realistic, maybe, than the shadowy one in “All The…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 29 Aug 2019

Bloody hell, the Brits do low-key, paranoid procedural dramas like Official Secrets well, with a pervading chill and no flash: The crispness…

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By Oliver Jones (215) for Observer (1,042) on 29 Aug 2019

The story Hood’s film tells is a vital one to revisit, not just because the deceptions it illuminates inform so much of the political and…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 29 Aug 2019

As played by Keira Knightley, Katharine is sympathetic, as is the cause of an unabashedly political movie that is, essentially, a procedural,…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 28 Aug 2019

And even as the narrative goes through its sometimes sermonizing paces, it’s hard not to be moved by the singular passion of a woman who…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 28 Aug 2019

The director Gavin Hood, who wrote the script with Sara Bernstein and Gregory Bernstein, fits the pieces together coherently, no small thing…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 28 Aug 2019

A model of professionalism and energy, Official Secrets moves along at a brisk clip…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 28 Aug 2019

To date, The Insider probably represents the most compelling whistleblower story to make it to the big screen and, although the subject matter…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 28 Aug 2019

Things perk up when Fiennes belatedly appears, and while this isn’t one of the performances he’ll be remembered for, by any means, he delivers…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 28 Aug 2019

Official Secrets, despite its blasé title, despite the fact that this “true” story isn’t on a LeCarre level, in spite of its paucity…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 28 Aug 2019

Official Secrets remains a compelling tale of injustice on an individual and global level…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for TheWrap (3,203) on 27 Aug 2019

A capably rendered, urgently argued portrait in courage that never quite rises above curious-footnote status…

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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 27 Aug 2019

Ralph Fiennes as Gun’s eventual lawyer, however, is totally forgettable, as is much of the standard-issue, self-important docudrama…

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 19 Aug 2019

Gavin Hood wrings suspense out of the parsing of the nuances of evidence and the tapping of mysterious contacts…

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By Dan Mecca (208) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 05 Feb 2019

The story inside Official Secrets is one worth telling, but perhaps it would be better to read the book…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 01 Feb 2019

Director Gavin Hood gives the proceedings a rousing electricity, and he’s aided by a cast which leans into the story’s urgency and continued…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 01 Feb 2019

Hood (Eye in the Sky), his co-screenwriters Sara and Gregory Bernstein and a seasoned ensemble of Brit stage and screen pros deliver a straightforward,…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 01 Feb 2019

Official Secrets is a well-intentioned retelling of a daunting act of courage and as a vehicle for informing more people of who Katharine Gun…

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