When they tried to silence him, he made the world listen.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Bryan Cranston, Michael Stuhlbarg, Diana Lane, Helen Mirren, Louis CK, Elle Fanning, John Goodman |
| Director |
Jay Roach |
| Screenplay | John McNamara, from the book by Bruce Cook |
| Music | Theodore Shapiro |
| Cinematography | Jim Denault |
| Editing | Alan Baumgarten |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2015 |
| Produced by | Groundswell Productions, ShivHans Pictures |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Moderate impact, frequent |
| Nudity | Low impact, infrequent |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Low impact, infrequent |
| Prejudice | Low impact, infrequent |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
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| Suggested age limit 16 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  McCarthy-era film proves pen mightier than the abhorred. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Paul Boekkooi 'n Beskeie fliekreus waardig gehuldig. | 15 | |
| Cape Times Jordan Mintzer Surviving the Red Scare. | 10 |  |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy Yet another film this award season that shows how power and single-minded ideology can get out of hand -- both in the past and now the present -- Trumbo is an important and well-made film that's worth seeing. | 12 |  |
| Metacritic.com 33 critics | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 139 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Trumbo serves as an honorable and well-acted tribute to a brilliant writer's principled stand, even if it doesn't quite achieve the greatness of its subject's own classic screenplays. | 15 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 13 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Entertaining Hollywood story has important history lesson. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 55 users | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 17867 users | 14 | |
| Internet 17253 Netizens A Very Important Film | 15 | |
Average .. 68% | 14 | |