In 1947, successful screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) and other Hollywood figures get blacklisted for their political beliefs.
Release Date: November 6th, 2015
DVD Release Date: May 30th, 2016
R |2 hr 4 min
Plot SummaryIn 1947, successful screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) and other Hollywood figures get blacklisted for their political beliefs.
Cast: Bryan Cranston, Dame Helen Mirren, Diane Lane, Elle Fanning, Louis C.K. , John Goodman, Stephen Root, Michael Stuhlbarg
Director: Jay Roach
Genres: Biography , Historical drama
Production Co: Groundswell Productions
What makes the movie work are the lively performances, both from the supporting cast and from Cranston, who sheds the mimicry and pontificating of earlier scenes to turn Trumbo into a wry, self-deprecating and somewhat cheeky older man, even if he continued to stand up for what was right. show more
Roach and McNamara fall victim to the occasional phony biopic moment or straight-up moment of didacticism, but overall Trumbo is a lively history about the day-in-day-out drudgery of survival during oppressive times. Screenwriters are so rarely taken seriously by the film industry that it’s a nice switch to watch them be the heroes. show more
Bryan Cranston creates a potent sense of Trumbo as a reasonable man, full of charm, eloquence and principle and he is surrounded by a string of performances to savour. show more
