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Trumbo (2015)

R  |   |  Biography, Drama  |  6 November 2015 (USA)
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The successful career of Hollywood screenwriter, Dalton Trumbo, comes to an end when he is blacklisted in the 1940s for being a Communist.

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The successful career of Dalton Trumbo- a Hollywood 1940s screenwriter ends when he blacklisted by the US government and national film studios because of his communism belief, that forced him and the other blacklisted Hollywood figures to struggle against them in order to gain justice, freedom, and of course, their own reputation. Written by Gusde

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Bryan Cranston is back
3 October 2015 | by See all my reviews

In theory, "Trumbo" is an incredible true story that should be prime fodder for a great movie. Cranston has his moments and you have to laud his attention to detain in channeling Trumbo's unique voice and mannerisms. Unfortunately, he's so committed that his character borders on being a caricature. "Trumbo" works well enough as a general survey of Trumbo's life and career, a primer on a complicated man who endured a terrible injustice, but it fails to really engage with the material, to dig deep for significant themes and salient meanings. At one point in the film, a producer lam-basts Trumbo for turning in a script that lacks genius -- the same could be said of "Trumbo" the film, which meets the bare minimum for these sorts of outings, despite a wealth of essential material. All I Will Say In Short It's a Must Watch Movie.


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