Simply A Masterpiece

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Blistering performances.

This is a well-meaning, entertaining enough movie which informs, but doesn't really stir one's emotions - and it should. Really, really should for we are talking about The Hollywood Ten here: therefore we are also talking about suppression of civil rights in the era of McCarthyism.Who would have ever guessed all those years ago, when laughing at the hysterical silliness of an Austin Powers movie, that its director afterwards would turn his interest in the recent political history of the U.S.? For the sixty-year-old Jay Roach, Trumbo is the fourth political movie, and the first made for the silver screen. Trumbo is quite obviously meant to be Roach's magnum opus, and while he is very adept at keeping things moving on, Trumbo fails to deliver.It is a movie worth seeing, and the reason is the crystal clear way it presents (or digests) history. It's good to know these things. Even better would be to actually feel them, like The Front and Good Night, And Good Luck. did. But Roach, in his quest to inform and entertain, shys away from the uncomfortable. Case in point: Trumbo is shown sentenced to prison, which feels almost like a vacation. And death - the result of the atrocities of HUAAC for many - is never shown, only mentioned. Roach keeps a tidy distance.Even the entertainment value is lowered with some of the casting choices. David Elliott is the most ludicrous John Wayne ever put on film, not looking or sounding like the man. Michael Stuhlbarg's Ed G. Robinson also doesn't sound at all like the real deal, so how can one relate? On the other hand, Dean O'Gorman fares pretty well as Kirk Douglas just by demonstrating a singular determination. Helen Mirren is very good as the despisable Hedda Hopper.But of the supporting players, it's John Goodman as the trash producer Frank King who really gives the film some spark. Trumbo is at its best when telling about the unique relationship with the King Brothers and the blacklisted writers. These are the most energetic scenes of the movie, and the amazing King's are clearly worthy of a movie of their own.Bryan Cranston makes a fine Dalton Trumbo (although even he doesn't grasp the real McCoy's voice), but the Oscar nomination was a bit much.Austin Powers and the Fockers made Jay Roach a rich man. Like Dalton Trumbo, Roach is now trying to make something substantial with his fortune. Considering his fine tv movies, he hasn't fared half-badly, but the dilemma stands as it stood in front of Trumbo: can you really live the life of the entitled and at the same time criticize the system that enables entitlement?

This movie is important. It tells the story of the struggles faced by the people who sought to have a differing political view in the 1950s and 60s. Their decision to think differently left them facing prejudice and hatred in America. This is the focus of this movie.The story follow Dalton Trumbo, portrayed by Brian Cranston,a successful screenwriter in Hollywood in the 1950s. Cranston carries this movie on the shoulders of his performance. It is truly phenomenal how he brings such life and energy to this character. He captured my attention anytime he was on-screen and is without a doubt one of the major reasons you should see this movie.If you are a fan of any of Cranstons previous works you should love this movie for that reason alone. Cranston was nominated for an Oscar for this performance, a nomination I believe was well deserved.The movie is of course based on a true story. while I cannot attest to the validity of the facts, I can confidently say that anyone interested in this period of history will find this movie much more enjoyable then reading a Wikipedia page.Overall I give Trumbo 8/10 for its compelling plot and excellent performances. i would highly recommend it.

a great movie, one which thankfully was allowed to stand on the merits of the story without being sexed up. the excitement comes from the sublime acting and razor sharp script. but above all for 2 hours we we are allowed to rub shoulders with, and learn from a courageous, talented and immensely intelligent humanitarian. bravo. i hope this work will be seen and absorbed by those of us who are prone to allowing hate and warped assumptions cloud their judgement and bury reason.

Greetings from Lithuania."Trumbo" (2015) is a very enjoyable movie about a legendary Hollywood writer Dalton Trumbo, who was blacklisted during the days for being a communist. Struggles he had during the period during which he wrote his arguably best movies are very involvingly, sometimes a bit movingly told. Writing of this movie was good as well as directing - the movie barely drags at running time 2 hours. But its the central performance by the great Bryan Cranston stand out in here - he embodies Trumbo in every sense (although i haven't see the real man of TV). Others were pretty good, but there are some performances of the famous movie legends that weren't that great in my opinion, like for example the actor who played young Kirk Douglas was just... not a Kirk Douglas - its more like a caricature then real performance.Overall, although some of the side performances in this movie looks like more of a caricatures, they aren't bad at all - it just shows how great lead acting B.Cranston in this movie is. And this is a good movie overall, the best biopic I've seen for sure, but a pretty entertaining one.