Synopsis
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
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Cast
- Benedict CumberbatchJulian Assange
- Daniel BrühlDaniel Domscheit-Berg
- Anthony MackieSam Coulson
- David ThewlisNick Davies
- Alicia VikanderAnke Domscheit-Berg
- Dan StevensIan Katz
- Stanley TucciJames Boswell
- Laura LinneySarah Shaw
- Carice van HoutenBirgitta Jonsdottir
- Peter CapaldiAlan Rusbridger
Recommendations
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Total Film
With a riveting portrayal by Cumberbatch at its heart, The Fifth Estate tells its story grippingly - but finally leaves us none the wiser. - 60
The Guardian
This is highly competent catnip for the watercooler crowd. - 60
The Telegraph
Benedict Cumberbatch is inspiredly cast, serving up a technically ingenious performance which may be his juiciest ever. - 60
Time Out London
It’s adequate and often fun, but no match for Cumberbatch’s talents: physically, his Assange is far more complex and intriguing than most of the things we hear him say or see him do. - 58
Film.com
For a film that reminds use over and over that this is a whole new world, this movie feels awfully familiar. - 50
IndieWire
An uneven, intermittently thoughtful but largely preachy overview of WikiLeaks' rising influence that has less of an issue determining Assange's character than it does with telling a compelling story. - 50
Variety
Both the kindest and most damning thing you can say about The Fifth Estate is that it primarily hobbles itself by trying to cram in more context-needy material than any single drama should have to bear. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
The most compelling thing here by far is the film's vision of Assange, by all accounts a man of enormous self-regard and slippery ethics. Benedict Cumberbatch has the character in hand from the start.
