Review of The Fifth Estate (2013) by Andrew O'hehir for Salon.com — 16 Oct 2013
This movie isn’t terrible enough to derail the “Sherlock Holmes” star’s upward trajectory toward pop-culture domination, but Cumberbatch’s subtle and intriguing performance as the inscrutable Aussie loner behind WikiLeaks is surrounded by a plodding and minor melodrama that’s ludicrously ill suited to the material.
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This review of The Fifth Estate (2013) was written by Andrew O'hehir and published by Salon.com on 16 Oct 2013.
The Fifth Estate has generally received mixed reviews.
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