Great performance from Joseph Gordon-Levitt can't help distract from awkward structure and uneven pace

Rating: 5/10 (9 December 2016)

For all its flaws, at least Snowden has a remarkable central performance, a supporting cast with solid talent, a decent score and the odd sporadic burst of promise. If you want to learn more about this intriguing figure, you can go one or two ways - check out this film which, at two hours and fourteen minutes, is already half an hour too long or read the Wikipedia page for this man. One cannot help but feel frustrated at Snowden's inability to craft a more engaging and compelling story for such an interesting figure and story, hampered by a bizarre structure that interrupts the pace and momentum and an inflated runtime that could easily be slashed by half or three quarters of an hour at least
5.5/10
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