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Critic Mark Kermode
rated 8

...palm-sweatingly tense whistleblower drama.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Iana Murray
rated 8

Sydney Sweeney, whose Emmy-nominated work in 'Euphoria' was attuned to that show’s maximalism, dials it down for her best performance yet.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Pat Brown
rated 8

Reality’s very effective drama concerns state surveillance and control...

Read full review at Slant Magazine
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 10

...an eerily gripping true-life drama concerning people who look like elaborately reanimated, hyperreal ghosts from the past.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Caitlin Quinlan
rated 8

...a chamber drama powered by Sydney Sweeney’s performance as NSA whistleblower Reality Winner.

Read full review at Little White Lies
Ronny Svensson
rated 7

Ett tätt och spännande kammarspel som utspelar sig i realtid under 83 minuter, äntligen en ”kort långfilm”! Dialogen är exakt så som allt hände när FBI kom hem till Reality och ställde kryptiska frågor om hennes jobb och karriär. Skönt med relativ...

6 months ago
Laura Lardy
rated 8

Hypnotique

6 months ago
Critic Kristian Lindberg
rated 7

...en beundringsværdigt sober film om en af de affærer, der har gjort amerikansk politik til et studium i en stedse mere surrealistisk virkelighed.

Read full review at Berlingske

Cast & Crew

Tina Satter
Director
Bill Maher
As Self (archive footage)
Josh Hamilton
As Agent Garrick
Sydney Sweeney
As Reality Winner
Tucker Carlson
As Self (archive footage)
John Way
As FBI Agent
Marchánt Davis
As Agent Taylor

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Reality is a thought-provoking and timely drama that explores the complexities of loyalty, truth, and the blurred lines between right and wrong. When 25-year-old Reality Winner, a former Air Force linguist and current government contractor, is confronted by two FBI agents at her home, she is forced to confront her own moral compass. Over the course of a tense and gripping interrogation, Reality's actions and motivations are revealed, raising questions about the role of whistleblowers in society and the true cost of doing the right thing. With a standout performance from Sydney Sweeney as Reality Winner, this film will keep you on the edge of your seat and leave you questioning your own beliefs long after the credits roll.

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What movies are similar to Reality? Toggle content

Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Reality include Atlas, Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the Flower Moon, Parasite, Boiling Point, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

When was Reality released in theaters? Toggle content

Reality was released in theaters on June 29, 2023.