We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks Reviews
Carlos M
Super Reviewer
October 4, 2013
A fascinating documentary that sheds a revealing light on the largest whistleblowing scandal of recent times, its repercussions and the moral dilemma involved, although Gibney also has some trouble editing together all this material in a more cohesive way.
TheDudeLebowski65
Super Reviewer
June 17, 2013
Wikileaks has been at the forefront of reporting the truth about classified documents for many years now. We Steal Secrets is a highly engaging documentary about the infamous site. This is an in depth documentary that tells an interesting story about the legacy of Wikileaks. The film features interviews from the people involved with the site along with journalists and government officials. I found this documentary to be quite captivating and thrilling due to the fact that Wikileaks has been at the heart of much controversy. The film is not perfect, but it does manage to make you ask questions about the issues the film exposes. The documentary has one big problem, it doesn't interview the founder himself, and it merely uses stock footage interviews to tell his side of the story, instead of conducting a new interview for the film. This is nonetheless a worthwhile documentary. The film makes you think about what Wikileaks does and if what they're doing is right or wrong. In many cases what they do is the right thing, but in other cases, it can compromise Allied soldiers fighting in the field. So this film gives us an insight into that aspect of the film, and makes you ask many questions about the site. We Steal Secrets is a good film, but it could have been done better of course. Wikileaks has always been at the source of the truth, but this one just could have been done better. For what it is, it's worth seeing, but in the end you can't help but realize that there could have been more effort put into telling this story. Nonetheless, We Steal Secrets is entertaining and quite thrilling, but isn't a standout documentary that should have been better.
June 26, 2013
Everyone should see this film. In spite of criticism I've read online, I felt that it provided a relatively balanced perspective on the multiple facets of both whistleblowing culture, and the confounding of the personal and political. "The truth" is always something in between what different sources (of which there appear an impressive variety) will say, and I felt like the audience's intelligence is respected enough to ultimately draw its own conclusions.
June 20, 2013
A documentary about WikiLeaks. People behind it & people affected by it. Really well put together. Some might not agree with how it portrays certain people, but let's face it, the actual story isn't over just yet. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
June 19, 2013
I so agree that it "sometimes it takes a feature-length documentary to stitch together a story we think we already know. (John Hartl, Seattle Times)"
September 30, 2013
Going in I expected this movie to be about Assange the hero of the free world. But then the most amazing thing happens. Assange turns out to be just another infantile bigot, a seeker of attention. Or at least that's how he's portrayed. While Bradley Manning emerges as the true hero of the story.
September 18, 2013
Behind its 'noble' cause of 'leveling the field' of those in power and the common folks lies a story of human drama, ego, stoicism, suffering and courage.
September 15, 2013
Amazing documentary that really gets to the heart and facts behind the story of Wikileaks.
Cruzix
August 29, 2013
Features powerful scenes which make the average person often question whether they are willing to stand by and watch their governments commit absurd crimes. Thanks to the portrayal of the Wikileaks events throughout the film, the viewer realises how much they and their fellow public members have been mistreated. The film surely raises many questions, alongside inspiring many thoughts.
July 23, 2013
One of the most vital documentaries of our era. You have to watch it. This is the world we live in.
July 13, 2013
Fascinating. PFC Manning is a hero, and the US military not quite "the arsenal of democracy" that Churchill admired 50 yrs ago.
July 12, 2013
alex gibney is really, really good at this. his docs are always superb and this film is no exception, sifting through years worth of relatively recent information and constructing a narrative that's fair and objective. also being cognizant that this is a visual medium, the movie provides smartly crafted re-enactments and good supplement to raw footage. great movie
