Trumbo

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Trumbo

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2015

2h 4m

Biography

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Drama

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In 1947, successful screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) and other Hollywood figures get blacklisted for their political beliefs.

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Trumbo serves as an honorable and well-acted tribute to a brilliant writer's principled stand, even if it doesn't quite achieve the greatness of its subject's own classic screenplays.

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Dwight Brown

National Newspaper Publishers Association

03/07/2017

Revealing. Fascinating. Entertaining.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

08/22/2016

3/4

Trumbo is a solid effort made close to unmissable thanks in large part to Cranston's magnificence, the resulting biopic a gripping return to a Hollywood of yesteryear where the themes being examined couldn't be more appropriately timely.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Scroll.in

06/21/2016

Credit must go to Cranston for giving this lean film some heft.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/27/2022

2.5/5

I can’t help but think a more truthful telling would have resulted in a better and more compelling drama.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

04/25/2022

3/4

Ultimately the story of an underdog besting a bully, and who doesn't love stories like that?

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Olly Richards

NME (New Musical Express)

06/08/2021

4/5

Bryan Cranston makes the tricky leap from television to the big screen in style.

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Jay Roach

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Hedda Hopper

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Synopsis

In 1947, successful screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) and other Hollywood figures get blacklisted for their political beliefs.

Director: Jay Roach
Producer: Michael London, Janice Williams, Shivani Rawat, Monica Levinson, Nimitt Mankad, John McNamara, Kevin Kelly Brown
Screenwriter: John McNamara
Distributor: Bleecker Street Media
Production Co: Groundswell Productions
Rating: R (Some Sexual References|Language)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 6, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.9M
Runtime: 2h 4m

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