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Fahrenheit 451 fails to burn as brightly as its classic source material, opting for slickly mundane smoke-blowing over hard-hitting topical edge. Read critic reviews

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In a future society where books are banned and burned, a fireman begins to read in secret and discovers an underground rebellion committed to protecting literature.

Cast & Crew

Michael B. Jordan
Guy Montag
Michael Shannon
Beatty
Sofia Boutella
Clarisse McClellan
Laura Harrier
Mildred Montag
Martin Donovan
Command Nyari
Keir Dullea
Historian
Lilly Singh
Raven
Grace Lynn Kung
Chairman Mao
Ramin Bahrani
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Ramin Bahrani
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Amir Naderi
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David Coatsworth
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Alan Gasmer
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Sarah Green
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Peter Jaysen
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Michael B. Jordan
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Kramer Morgenthau
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  • When fake news can affect real elections, there is no better time to consider the lessons of this modernized "Fahrenheit 451."

    November 25, 2019 | Full Review…

    Eric Deggans

    NPR

  • HBO's Fahrenheit 451 is horrifically beautiful. It feels both divorced from and intrinsically tied to its source material, the 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury.

    June 28, 2018 | Full Review…

    Karen Han

    Thrillist

  • The film isn't much of a read, though.

    May 22, 2018 | Rating: C- | Full Review…

    Ed Bark

    Uncle Barky

  • For all its anger and barefaced rage, this Fahrenheit 451 is a ravishing experience to watch.

    May 21, 2018 | Full Review…

    John Doyle

    Globe and Mail

  • Where it truly falls short is in capturing the ways that literature helps us define our humanity and our individuality and life's meaning.

    May 21, 2018

    Melanie McFarland

    Salon.com

  • And that's the problem with Fahrenheit 451: It works so ferociously to be relevant that it forgets to make sense.

    May 21, 2018 | Full Review…

    Sophie Gilbert

    The Atlantic
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