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By Edward Johnson-Ott (361) for NUVO Newsweekly (453) on 16 Dec 2015

Trumbo has some fine performances, an important story, some entertaining scenes, and even a bit of humor. But it tries too hard to be a prestige film…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 14 Dec 2015

An ethically stirring biopicture about the courageous screenplay writer who triumphed over the Red Scare crusaders of the 1950s…

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By John Serba (472) for MLive.com (475) on 12 Dec 2015

Potentially treacherous material for Cranston, but he avoids character clichés and delivers a richly entertaining riff on the man, who offered…

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By Mark R. Leeper (892) for Mark Leeper's Reviews (297) on 07 Dec 2015

For a film on a relatively serious subject there is surprising wit and suspense in this story of reluctant heroes…

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By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 04 Dec 2015

Trumbo is a sometimes stiff but ultimately compelling collaboration between Bryan Cranston and director Jay Roach…

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By Rick Kisonak (485) for Seven Days (657) on 02 Dec 2015

Cranston brings style and brio to the part but his character rarely achieves three-dimensionality.The man who gave us Roman Holiday, Spartacus,…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 01 Dec 2015

Plays not as straight hagiography but rather as a portrait of a flawed hero...Cranston gives a floridly theatrical leading performance in keeping…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 30 Nov 2015

Its 'Saturday Night Live'-esque parade of improbable celebrity impersonations kept me entertained: You'd probably have to attend a Halloween…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 28 Nov 2015

Like the man himself, the film is witty and entertaining, and it makes its points gracefully…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 28 Nov 2015

One of the year's best films, Trumbo is alternately poignant, amusing, infuriating and always thought-provoking…

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By Kate Taylor (347) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 27 Nov 2015

We are left with the painful irony that a film about a screenwriter so good that Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger couldn't live without him…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 27 Nov 2015

A great cast is hampered by a directorial approach that is more committed to period verisimilitude than a mining of the psychological depths…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 26 Nov 2015

Trumbo is…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 26 Nov 2015

Trumbo leaves a door open for someone, sometime to make a better movie about the blacklisted screenwriter who lived long enough to be vindicated…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 26 Nov 2015

Just hand Bryan Cranston the Oscar, the Golden Globe, etc…

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By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 26 Nov 2015

This documentary's narrative feels deliberately chronological, as the storyline adheres to the major steps of Trumbo's career…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 25 Nov 2015

An important and well-made film that's worth seeing. (Full Content Review - Sex, Profanity, Violence, etc. - for Parents also available)…

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By Tom Meek (408) for Cambridge Day (227) on 25 Nov 2015

It feels like you need a bit of a Google search now and then to anchor it, but in there pinning it all together handily is Cranston, who carries…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 25 Nov 2015

Trumbo is surprisingly fun to watch, with Jay Roach's energetic direction paired with Bryan Cranston's showstopping performance as blacklisted…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 25 Nov 2015

It's a period piece full of colorful characters, natty costumes, jaunty music…

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