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Snowden

Snowden

Drama · History · Crime · 2016

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

Movie details

Snowden

“The only safe place is on the run.”

2016 Drama · History · Crime 2h 15m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

7.1 / 10

Community rating

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Snowden?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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The Courier

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Official Secrets

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The Falcon and the Snowman

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The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.

All the President's Men

All the President's Men

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During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

The Conversation

The Conversation

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A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.

Richard Jewell

Richard Jewell

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Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.

Bridge of Spies

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Patriots Day

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Fair Game

Fair Game

Drama · 2010

A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at risk. As her world crumbles, she must navigate the fallout of her double life.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Oliver Stone

Written by

Oliver Stone · Kieran Fitzgerald

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Edward Snowden

Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley

Lindsay Mills

Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo

Laura Poitras

Zachary Quinto

Zachary Quinto

Glenn Greenwald

Tom Wilkinson

Tom Wilkinson

Ewen MacAskill

Scott Eastwood

Scott Eastwood

Trevor James

Timothy Olyphant

Timothy Olyphant

CIA Agent Geneva

Court is in session

Put Snowden on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.