Critic Reviews
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Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
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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Robert Koehler, Variety
It 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.
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John Anderson, Newsday
The 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.
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Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
It's a pleasure to meet a truly moral man in a documentary that rightly heralds his name.
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Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
A ousing documentary as ornery, orotund and captivating as its subject.
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