The transporting power of this experience is in the passionate and almost outlandishly eloquent verbal expression Trumbo poured into his correspondence, and the vividly American principles he defends.
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11/10/08
Trumbo (2008)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:13
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Trumbo celebrates the life and work of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo with measures of humor and sadness.
Theatrical Release:Jun 27, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $28,125
Synopsis: This documentary focuses on the Oscar-winning mind behind ROMAN HOLIDAY and THE BRAVE ONE. TRUMBO centers on Dalton Trumbo, a screenwriter and member of the Hollywood 10 who vaulted from the A-list... [More]
Starring: Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti
Director: Peter Askin
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Top CriticThe film is an enlightening recap of '50s Red Scare politics, and a parade of actors giving meaningful, earnest readings of Trumbo's speeches and letters.
10/18/08
Top CriticIt will serve as a fine entry point for younger auds interested in learning about theprice paid by moviemakers and their families swept up in the 1950s anti-Communist net.
10/18/08
Top CriticIt's a pleasure to meet a truly moral man in a documentary that rightly heralds his name.
10/18/08
Top CriticA ousing documentary as ornery, orotund and captivating as its subject.
10/18/08
Top CriticThis biography is celebratory to a fault. There is scant context about the history and political climate that led to the blacklist.
08/22/08
Top CriticA celebration of a large-hearted contrarian, and if it's over-worshipful, the film gets you in an indulgent frame of mind.
08/15/08
Top CriticIt is oddly pleasant to know that such a man once existed.
07/21/08
Top CriticTrumbo is well worth seeing for what it tells us about the age in which this irrepressible individualist lived, loved, suffered and finally triumphed.
07/09/08
Top CriticThe substance of those letters, along with documentary footage and a touching appearance by Kirk Douglas, throws a baleful light on a bleak chapter of American history.
07/01/08
Top CriticWhat kind of international revolutionary whines about his family being made unwelcome among the tykes of the bourgeoisie?
06/27/08
Top CriticUsing Trumbo's letters, statements, speeches and scripts, director Peter Askin creates a rich portrait of a cantankerous, principled man of words.
06/27/08
Top CriticTrumbo is an unconventional film about an unconventional man.
06/27/08
Top CriticPeter Askin’s stirring documentary Trumbo gives you reasons to cheer but also to weep.
06/27/08
Top CriticThe readings of Dalton Trumbo's letters to family and friends are starkly rendered—famous faces...recite rousing missives without the aid of sets or props of any kind save for Trumbo's own thunderous proclamations in defense of free speech.
06/25/08
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