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Cast
- Joseph Gordon-LevittEdward Snowden
- Shailene WoodleyLindsay Mills
- Melissa LeoLaura Poitras
- Zachary QuintoGlenn Greenwald
- Tom WilkinsonEwen MacAskill
- Scott EastwoodTrevor James
- Timothy OlyphantCIA Agent Geneva
- Ben SchnetzerGabriel Sol
- LaKeith StanfieldPatrick Haynes
- Rhys IfansCorbin O'Brian
Recommendations
- 100
New York Daily News
You might not agree with Stone that the man is a hero, but you probably do want to see the film so you can compute what the whole uproar was about. - 100
Variety
It’s the most important and galvanizing political drama by an American filmmaker in years. - 60
TheWrap
For a film that’s so politically risky — Stone hasn’t named names and pointed fingers (at both sides of the aisle, incidentally) in a mainstream movie like this for years — it’s surprisingly safe aesthetically. - 58
The Playlist
As a piece of filmed entertainment Snowden is certainly a watchable endeavor, but Stone and screenwriter Kieran Fitzgerald’s script is often an odd mix of hero worship, conspiratorial thriller and cringe worthy dialogue. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
It somehow manages to make a fascinating, utterly contemporary narrative feel like old news. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Stone’s direction is measured, methodical, and totally lacking in the fire and flamboyance that sometimes electrified and sometimes ruined his earlier films. The story moves along without any real sense of urgency or suspense. - 50
Screen Daily
Stone’s mixture of paranoid thriller, political commentary and romantic drama keeps Snowden feeling busy without ever being particularly engrossing or enlightening. Frustratingly, Snowden remains a ghost in the machine. - 50
Slant Magazine
The film depicts Edward Snowden's ethical dilemmas in a political vacuum that disregards America's increasingly complex security threats.
