Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows FanStore News Showtimes

The Stringer

Play trailer The Stringer 2025 1h 40m Biography Documentary History Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 11 Reviews Popcornmeter 0 Ratings
A two-year investigation uncovers a scandal behind the making of one of the most-recognized photographs of the 20th century. Five decades of secrets are unraveled in the search for justice for a man known only as "the stringer."

Critics Reviews

View All (11) Critics Reviews
Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com An act of courageous journalism that’s impossible to deny. Feb 13, 2025 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Variety It’s my job to say whether I think a movie is good or not, and let me say right now that “The Stringer” is a very good movie: rapt, urgent, absorbing. But in this case it isn’t that simple. Feb 11, 2025 Full Review Peter Howell Toronto Star He says this iconic moment in photojournalism might have been captured by a local freelance photographer, not Ut. It’s a bold claim, one staunchly refuted by AP, yet doubts raised by the film aren’t easily dismissed. Rated: 3/4 Feb 5, 2025 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews This historical doc that questions who really took the most significant war photo of the Vietnam War. Rated: B Feb 16, 2025 Full Review Robert Kojder Flickering Myth A riveting and emotionally involving documentary through and through, tainting one legacy and correcting another Rated: 4/5 Feb 6, 2025 Full Review Pat Mullen POV Magazine [T]heir search leads to a deeper consideration of the systemic imbalances that leave one person bathed in glory with a place in the history books, and another with twenty bucks and obscurity. Feb 3, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

View All Cast and Crew

Movie Info

Synopsis A two-year investigation uncovers a scandal behind the making of one of the most-recognized photographs of the 20th century. Five decades of secrets are unraveled in the search for justice for a man known only as "the stringer."
Director
Bao Nguyen
Producer
Fiona Turner, Terri Lichstein
Production Co
The VII Foundation
Genre
Biography, Documentary, History
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 40m