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IMDb rating 6.2
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Critic rating 5.8

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Critic Ben Kenigsberg
rated 5

...content to tell a story more normalized and superficial than the one that’s already in the public record.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Christy Lemire
rated 5

It is a tried-and-true tale of rise and fall—of a self-made political and cultural phenomenon whose ambitions are tidily explained away through pop psychology.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Catherine Shoard
rated 6

...a virtuoso impersonation, from the deep drawl to louche geek twitches.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Niels Roe
rated 8

Skuespilmæssigt er 'The Fifth Estate' et filmisk glansnummer. Specielt yder Benedict Cumberbatch en fænomenal god præstation som Julian Assange – et menneske der ustandseligt pendulerer mellem galskab og genialitet.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Victoria Machmudov
rated 6

The Fifth Estate träffar rätt i Assange akilleshäl...

Read full review at Moviezine
Critic Jacob Ludvigsen
rated 5

Den nye stjerne Benedict Cumberbatch, der slog igennem i tv-serien Sherlock, spiller troværdigt Julian Assange...

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko

Cast & Crew

Bill Condon
Director
Stanley Tucci
As James Boswell
Moritz Bleibtreu
As Marcus
Daniel Brühl
As Daniel Domscheit-Berg
Peter Capaldi
As Alan Rusbridger
Alexander Beyer
As Marcel Rosenbach
Ludger Pistor
As Supervisor

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"The Fifth Estate" is a gripping thriller that delves into the world of underground whistleblowers, where secrets are currency and the truth is a dangerous luxury. WikiLeaks founders Julian Assange and Daniel Domscheit-Berg embark on a mission to expose the darkest corners of government and corporate corruption, but their quest for transparency creates a rift between them. As they gain access to history's largest trove of classified documents, they must confront the true cost of keeping secrets in a free society - and the price they're willing to pay for exposing them.

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