SummaryTrumbo is a unique, star-studded film about Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and his heroic journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner. Set against the backdrop of tremendous political unrest, audience will be given a first, emotional account of how this turmoil affected one of Hollywood’s most prolific w... Read More
Directed By:Peter Askin
Written By:Christopher Trumbo
Trumbo
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Generally Favorable
71
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
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83% Positive
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Trumbo sexes up Trumbo's already dramatic story with a massive infusion of star power.
83
Family home movies and photos and archival clips round out the film, which holds its hero-worshiping to fairly tolerable levels.
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An invigorating, funny, and moving portrait of a Hollywood hero.
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Trumbo, a rousing documentary as ornery, orotund and captivating as its subject (1905-1976), is an anatomy of irony.
70
This documentary's narrative feels deliberately chronological, as the storyline adheres to the major steps of Trumbo's career. Nonetheless, the film realizes many great moments to make the writer's story – often reduced to a footnote – into an intriguing one.
70
It will serve as a fine entry point for younger auds interested in learning about the price paid by moviemakers and their families swept up in the 1950s anti-Communist net.
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The misleading documentary Trumbo paints a golden nimbus of holiness around the onetime highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood, Dalton Trumbo, an on-the-record hater of democracy, defender of authoritarian rule and avowed Communist.
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Nov 25, 2015
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Ironically, Dalton Trumbo always had the last word even though his written words were banned because of his politics. Blacklisted and imprisoned , this is his struggle back to the top of his first love -screenwriting- bringing us some of Hollywood’s best such as Spartacus, Exodus and Roman Holiday. “Trumbo” relies on its words and as in “Spotlight” an exceptional cast delivers including Louis C.K., Elle Fanning, Diane Lane and John Goodman. More so, Helen Mirren chills as Hedda Hopper “trumps” an industry rallying her readers with a smear campaign and Bryan Cranston’s oscar- worthy performance is the man who walked the walk and talked the talk.
Production Company:
- Filbert Steps Productions
- Reno Productions
- Safehouse Pictures
Release Date:Jun 27, 2008
Duration:1 h 36 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:He was Hollywood's greatest screenwriter. His words still resonate today. He defied a committee, he defied the system. They took his honor. They took his freedom. So Dalton Trumbo went to war. But the ending could only be written by him.
Awards
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
