A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
As nervy and as excitable as the trade that it depicts.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
21 Oct 2013
rotten:
The material covered in the production's 128 minutes is not only inherently non-cinematic but not remotely "thrilling," at least in the conventional sense.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
21 Oct 2013
fresh:
The Fifth Estate is also as current as a news feed, filling in the disputed facts about Assange's life beyond the headlines and chronicling the revolution that has upended the media landscape in the last decade.
– Cary Darling,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com,
18 Oct 2013
fresh:
Director Bill Condon delivers an intelligent, dynamic, character-centered drama.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
18 Oct 2013
rotten:
Condon and his screenwriter Josh Singer don't quite know what to make of this duo, perhaps because the men didn't quite know what to make of each other, either.