The Report

Richard Alaba of CineMuseFilms

2019-12-06

Despite the desk-bound inaction and dialogue-heavy script, this is a riveting and important film. Its tension curve is driven by the enormity of CIA criminality and Adam Driver’s ability to portray a humble David who took on an arrogant Goliath. Read more

Simon Storey of Film Blerg

2019-11-18

Steven Soberbergh produced this excellent political thriller, which does for Daniel Jones and the CIA what Spotlight did for the Boston Globe and the Catholic Church. Read more

Hope Madden of Maddwolf

2019-11-13

The entire cast—and it’s a big one—impresses, from bewildered CIA staff to opportunists looking to cash in, from battered inmates to White House Chief of Staff. With limited screen time, each performer establishes a character, not a cardboard villain or hero, and the contribution elevates the entire film. Read more

Jeffrey Rex Bertelsen of I'm Jeffrey Rex

2019-12-01

Thanks to Adam Driver's performance’s effective fits of frustration and righteous disbelief, Driver alone makes the information dumps fairly gripping. Read more

Filipe Freitas of Always Good Movies

2020-02-19

Driver’s lean and tight performance is what keeps the story minimally fueled, even when the movie stalls at its most frustrating passivity. In truth, what the film lacks in cinematic flair it makes up for in the one man’s unshakable determination to find the truth. Read more

The Massie Twins of Gone With The Twins

2019-12-16

By the end, as the revelations grow more pessimistic and maddening, culminating in the possible publication or quashing of the titular 7,000-page report (along with countless political implications), the movie does transition into something a little more exciting. Read more