We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks Reviews

We Steal Secrets lacks perspective and still feels wrapped in secrets and lies.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

It doesn't offer any new or surprising information or any profound analysis, so it barely scratches the multifaceted surface of Assange and remains slightly undercooked.

Full Review | Original Score: 5.751/10

Gibney, a prolific and skilled documentarian, marshals and organizes a raft of information as deftly as anyone could wish. But his conclusions are murkier than they might be.

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You'll leave knowing slightly more about the who, what and why of WikiLeaks; you'll also wish the whole shebang didn't fell like such a tone-deaf data dump overall.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

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Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

A fascinating insight into Wikileaks and the two men behind the world's largest ever whistleblowing scandal.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

"Secrets" teases out unforgettable portraits of two very different men.

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Having recently released documentaries on clerical abuse, Mario Cuomo, Park Avenue, Lance Armstrong and, now, WikiLeaks, Gibney seems in danger of becoming an actualité machine.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

It portrays a seething nest of highly volatile personalities whose motivations are fraught with ambiguities and contradictions, and a chain of actions and reactions the full impact of which has yet to be measured.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Those looking for a summary of the WikiLeaks phenomenon-from the big leaks to the major shifts in public perception about Assange and his cause-won't find a more cleanly delineated version.

Full Review | Original Score: B

If you're looking for a really comprehensive, clear, evenhanded and thoroughly entertaining examination of, well, the story of WikiLeaks, master documentarian Alex Gibney has gone to the trouble of providing you with one.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

Compelling, enlightening and utterly accessible, Gibney's ultra-slick pop-doc cleaves through the thorniest thicket of contemporary political issues to find, at its heart, two wholly human stories.

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The range of Gibney's subjects, the rigour of his research and the complexity of his questions make We Steal Secrets breathlessly compelling, but it's the moments of psychological probing that haunt the most.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Noxious government activities may warrant exposure, but Gibney points out that the whistleblowers can be pretty flawed too.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Alex Gibney has shone his spotlight into a few dark corners and shown us something worthy of discussion.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

The movie is so beautifully crafted and realized that it might well be called flawless.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

The film is fascinating and provocative, deftly navigating complex personalities and shifting allegiances.

Full Review | Original Score: 7.2/10

Alex Gibney's film is an absorbing examination of the world's most infamous information portal.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

In truth, there's little in Alex Gibney's film that won't be familiar to attentive news watchers, but this skilled documentarian has mastered the art of condensing a vast and complex amount of information into a gripping and entertaining package.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

A breathless, dazzling and mind-blowingly complex 130-minute story.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5