Based on 54 votes and 25 reviews.
Great movie about a very disturbing time in American history. Worth the ticket price just for the scene with John Goodman. Helen Mirren also turns in an excellent performance as Hedda Hopper. Actually, the entire cast was incredibly good. We enjoyed the movie very much, and find that it sticks with us today. So good to see a movie with something to say that says it well when so much screen time is devoted to comic books.
Very solid movie. Well done!
Exceptional acting throughout. Very informative historically. Shows the extremes people of that time used because of fear of the unknown. WELL DONE!!!!
I felt that Bryan Cranston over acted a little, although I never heard the real Dalton Trumbo (I guess if I'd never heard Truman Capote, I'd think Mr. Hoffman was over acting too ). Anyway, I found the film interesting if not a little disturbing due to the convenient timing of it's political message. The world is a different place now and today's political correctness endorses the current witch hunt against anyone who stands against socialism and it's gradual but masked erosion of democracy. And to think I was a liberal most of my life.... that is until I stopped allowing myself to be misinformed.
A very interesting movie. I had vague knowledge of the witch hunt of the House Un-American Activities Committee back in the late 40s. I really admire Trumbo's conviction in not betraying his friends. Bryan Cranston is brilliant in this movie, he is so convincing and a great actor.