A teljes forgatknyv a Wikileaks jvoltbl, a kritikjukkal s wikileaks-elemzssel egytt.
Radio Times kritika
Hollywood Reporter
Benedict Cumberbatch has the character in hand from the start -- his way of brushing into another's space and making it his office, of not seeing others unless they're reflecting back some of the energy he emits, of elevating himself by making others' concerns sound trivial. The actor brings extra ambiguity to scenes in which Assange is ostensibly opening up to people; only once (when activist associates in Kenya are killed) do his emotions seem untainted by manipulative play-acting.
Entertainment Weekly
Academy members are older, richer, and may be less anti-authoritarian than yours truly — but there’s no denying Cumberbatch’s infectious, righteous rage as Assange, a man so blinded by the injustice he witnesses that he can only see things in black and white. If there is an Oscar-contender here, it’s Cumberbatch, who shows that the ugly side of Assange goes beyond his narcissism, bitter rudeness, or self-mythologizing deception.
IndieWire.com
How close is he to the real Assange? God knows, but Cumberbatch’s Assange is ultimately likable, as well as complex, at war with keepers of secrets and also with himself. It’s early to be speculating about awards, but Cumberbatch has certainly accomplished the unlikely, making a chilly public character a sympathetic martyr to a noble cause. (Rather than denounce the movie the real Assange should be counting his blessings, there in the Ecuadoran Embassy).
PerthNow.com
"Cumberbatch has been personally supportive of me and the struggles that WikiLeaks is going through".
"Our view is that a $US40 million advertising budget promoting WikiLeaks around the world, and actors like Cumberbatch speaking about it, is a good thing for the popularisation of WikiLeaks," Assange said.
Sajnos a The Times cikkhez csak korltozott a hozzfrs, de Bent dicsrik:
All hail Benedict Cumberbatch. The star of Sherlock confirms he’s the screen king of the charismatic oddball, giving a five star performance as the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, in The Fifth Estate, opening the Toronto International Film Festival last night. Cumberbatch is in good company: the film’s ensemble cast is excellent, but they can’t disguise the considerable limitations of the material.
While Cumberbatch’s performance as Assange is spot-on—from the Aussie accent to his creepy aura to his out-of-this-world dance moves—since the character is so thinly written and the story viewed through Domscheit-Berg’s eyes, he remains a complete mystery.
Cumberbatch as the awkward Australian Assange performs a masterclass in mimicry. He has the slow, deliberate vocal delivery, the gait and the gesticulations down. It’s a shame, then, that the performance is let down by some clumsy storytelling that trots out all the usual clichs and criticisms of the Wikileaks founder as a socially inept egotist, motivated as much by his own celebrity as by a desire to help whistle-blowers.
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