The Report

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The Report

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2019

1h 58m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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FBI agent Daniel Jones performs an exhaustive investigation into the CIA's use of torture on suspected terrorists.

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Critics Consensus

The Report draws on a dark chapter in American history to offer a sober, gripping account of one public servant's crusade for accountability.

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Film Comment Magazine

For a political thriller, The Report is more sad than revelatory, more melancholy than cathartic. Jones's work was not entirely in vain. His revelations of a cover-up, though heavily doctored, eventually were made public.

Jan 31, 2020

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David Klion

The New Republic

The hackneyed script has the effect of lending an unmerited nobility to the politicians and bureaucrats on-screen.

Dec 13, 2019

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David Stratton

The Australian

Driver and Bening give detailed and thoughtful performances, and the film, though necessarily on the dry side, is riveting from start to finish.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 12, 2019

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Julian Singleton

Cinapse

The Report is a bitterly rewarding dose of cinematic medicine — one where entertainment comes as a side effect of its visceral yet sobering examination of our all-too-recent history.

Jul 12, 2025

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Francesca Faccani

Loud and Clear Reviews

The Report is a love letter to the genre. [...] The viewer stands up from its comfortable cinema seat with a desperate thirst for truth. This means that the movie has pulled off its mission.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 21, 2024

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Bianca Garner

InSession Film

One can hope that by examining the flaws of The Report any aspiring screenwriters out there can understand why the number one rule of screenwriting is “show, don’t tell.”

Jul 31, 2024

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Joe H.

Liked this movie a lot.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/13/25

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Dave C

A desk jockey's party, this has it all... slow, cumbersome, repetitive, frustrating tasks, one after the other. Lol. It is a good enough story about some pretty dark stuff, but is weighed down by the drudgery of the day-to-day fact-finding, and information gathering. I liked AD in this

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/22/25

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Johannes S

A really good political thriller in my opinion. At the beginning, it draws you in with the actions committed by the CIA, and later on, it keeps the tension through the battle of cover-up vs publishing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/19/25

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Alex H

A decent film. A little empty and slow, but it does the job.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/01/25

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Jennifer Tehani S

This is a provocative, powerful and brave film. It’s important to see… though I probably won’t see it again, I’m happy I did. This is something I feel Americans should watch at least once. We need more films that illuminate stories we have less access to (and people don’t necessarily seek out). We can’t eradicate things that we aren’t willing to understand/be aware of as a society. Film and art in general are essential to this process. This movie addressed a number of themes without losing the audience - masterfully done.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/13/25

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Audience Member

I liked it, but it was directed in a way that made me distance my self regarding the scenes that showed us the crimes regarding enhanced interrogation techniques . This should have been a courtroom drama.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Synopsis

FBI agent Daniel Jones performs an exhaustive investigation into the CIA's use of torture on suspected terrorists.

Director: Scott Z. Burns
Producer: Steven Soderbergh, Jennifer Fox, Scott Z. Burns, Danny Gabai, Eddy Moretti, Kerry Orent, Michael Sugar
Screenwriter: Scott Z. Burns
Distributor: Amazon Studios
Production Co: Harbor Picture Company, Anonymous Content, CNN, Vice Media
Rating: R (Torture|Scenes of Inhumane Treatment|Language)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 15, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 22, 2019
Runtime: 1h 58m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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