A real hero....

Rating: 10/10 (26 November 2016)

So often, in cinema, we are presented with people who are not, in fact, hero's but instead, little more than marketing ploys for a cause. Not so with Edward Snowden.
Snowden the movie, by Oliver Stone, shows us an example of a "real" hero. I man who has everything, a promising career, a loving girlfriend and a life in paradise. A man who casts much of his this life aside, for his principles. In this case to show the world the Orwellian surveillance state, that is growing, like a cancer, not only within the USA but also beyond its boarders.
Like many of Oliver Stones films, this one is beautifully crafted. Its inherently interesting material to start with certainly but its the deft screenplay, by Stone and Kieran Fitzgerald that really brings this film to life.
Joseph Gorden Levitt, an actor, I have to confess I have paid little attention to, hands in a superlative performance as Edward Snowden. Indeed, all of the cast are to be commended.
So without belabouring the point, this is an excellent film.Its truthful and frank and Oliver Stone is to be roundly commended for making it. Ten out of ten from me.