The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 41 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A fun, highly watchable film.
– Adam Graham,
Detroit News,
20 Nov 2015
fresh:
The movie's main idea seems to be that, in the end, people prefer movies to ideas. Or at least ideologies.
– Matthew Lickona,
San Diego Reader,
20 Nov 2015
fresh:
It's a period piece full of colorful characters, natty costumes, jaunty music.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
25 Nov 2015
fresh:
Trumbo is ... a blast, even if the screenplay perversely lacks the energy of its title character, who is played with great wit and brio by Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
26 Nov 2015
rotten:
We are left with the painful irony that a film about a screenwriter so good that Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger couldn't live without him suffers from a dull and slow-moving script.