Rotten
We are left with the painful irony that a film about a screenwriter so good that Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger couldn't live without him suffers from a dull and slow-moving script.
Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail
Overview
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Director and cast
- Jay Roach Director
- Bryan Cranston as Dalton Trumbo
- Diane Lane as Cleo Trumbo
- Elle Fanning as Nikola Trumbo
- Helen Mirren as Hedda Hopper
- Louis C.K. as Arlen Hird
- John Goodman as Frank King
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Edward G. Robinson
- David James Elliott as John Wayne
- Roger Bart as Buddy Ross
- Mark Harelik as Ed Muhl
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Trumbo is ... a blast, even if the screenplay perversely lacks the energy of its title character, who is played with great wit and brio by Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
It's a period piece full of colorful characters, natty costumes, jaunty music.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
The movie's main idea seems to be that, in the end, people prefer movies to ideas. Or at least ideologies.
Matthew Lickona, San Diego Reader
Fresh
A fun, highly watchable film.
Adam Graham, Detroit News
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