Great

Rating: 8/10 (4 December 2016)

Caught this yesterday and was actually surprised at how good it was.
For me one of the main issues with Citizenfour was it was grindingly slow moving and chock full of Infosec jargon witch made it hard for even the most interested non-tech viewers to understand what was going on and to connect with the story fully.
The film succeeds due to two essential elements, Stone has removed the IT gibberish and focused on the product of the programs rather than the technical method involved in obtaining it and as been shown in a number of documentaries on the subject the human element and the mental price paid by those involved in intelligence programs of questionable moral and legal status.
A good movie and well worth catching.