I Don't Understand the Hate-- It's Really Good!

Rating: 8/10 (23 September 2016)

I probably liked this movie more than most people are going to, I'll say that first and foremost. I have read a lot of other people's reviews for Snowden, and there were a lot of things they brought up that I just flat-out disagree with. People say that this film isn't a compelling thriller that holds their interest. I would say the complete opposite: I was locked in with this movie from the beginning. The story of Edward Snowden is one that everyone has heard, but maybe not to the depths that this movie goes to. And someone who has watched the documentary Citizenfour may have a completely different experience with this movie than I did, because I didn't know a lot of the details of this story going in. But I thought this movie did an effective job of giving me the full story while keeping my interest...