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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 12 Feb 2016

Bryan Cranston does a remarkably effective job of impersonating the man who played such a key role in the era of the McCarthy blacklist, from…

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By Henry Fitzherbert (699) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 07 Feb 2016

Despite the dark subject matter there's much levity courtesy of Trumbo's droll wit, plus a roll call of Hollywood legends, including Kirk Douglas,…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 07 Feb 2016

Even if you know a lot about the period, Trumbo is still full of telling detail and Bryan Cranston's heartfelt performance as the remarkably…

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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 07 Feb 2016

One day, perhaps, an HBO mini-series will tackle this cultural face-off and blow our minds. In the meantime, check out Trumbo…

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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 07 Feb 2016

Alongside flagging up Otto Preminger's unsung role in returning Trumbo's name to the screen, what gives Roach's movie bite is the depiction…

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By Donald Clarke (1,051) for Irish Times (1,391) on 06 Feb 2016

A small portion of the debt is repaid in a biopic that veers from the pedestrian to the ludicrous to the indecently entertaining…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Contactmusic.com (927) on 05 Feb 2016

An entertaining film about sobering true events, this is the story of notorious screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who defied McCarthy's communist…

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By Elliott Noble (448) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 04 Feb 2016

Steeped in cigarette smoke and pinko-paranoia, Trumbo delivers a suitably noirish take on one of Hollywood's less glorious eras…

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By Georgia Morgan (49) for Liverpool Echo (161) on 04 Feb 2016

Trumbo is a fascinating portrait of a time when suspicion could end a promising career, and Bryan Cranston earns an Oscar nomination for his…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 04 Feb 2016

The film itself is very uneven. Any texture, depth and pathos here resides in the central performance…

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By Kate Muir (612) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 04 Feb 2016

Cranston is good, very good, here, but let down by a meandering drama that lacks cojones…

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By Andrew Collins (119) for Radio Times (2,421) on 04 Feb 2016

Trumbo doesn't stray far enough from spot-the-famous-person and comic melodrama to get to any deeper understanding of the human fallout of…

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By Dan Jolin (289) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 04 Feb 2016

It feels terrestrial rather than cinematic, but the joy of Trumbo is in the heroism of its subject and an amazing performance from Cranston…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 04 Feb 2016

Cranston is superb. The Breaking Bad actor, in best form, is an attack dog: he goes at lines like a mutt at a mutton bone…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 04 Feb 2016

Trumbo is no masterpiece, but the story of a writer imprisoned in America for his political beliefs needed to be told…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for WOW247 (106) on 04 Feb 2016

A beautifully crafted, sharply-written affair that's simultaneously inspirational and heart-breaking…

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By Pablo Villaça (1,590) for Cinema em Cena (1,589) on 28 Jan 2016

Unfortunately, relevance doesn't necessarily mean narrative quality. [Full review in Portuguese.]…

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By Michael Nordine (446) for City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul (157) on 22 Jan 2016

Hardly free of the bluster that is the hallmark of prestige pictures about 'serious' subjects, but there's a certain breeziness to Trumbo that…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for Baret News (418) on 03 Jan 2016

A timely reminder of our First Amendment rights which which simultaneously settles the score in favor of a disgraced Freedom of Speech proponent…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 17 Dec 2015

Overall arc of suffering is treated like a cartoon in Roach's hands…

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