Snowden

2016

Action / Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller

540
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 70% · 261 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 171523 171.5K

biography idealism idealist national security agency (nsa) surveillance investigative journalism

Plot summary

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

Director

Oliver Stone Photo
Oliver Stone

Top cast

Nicolas Cage Photo
Nicolas Cage as Hank Forrester
Shailene Woodley Photo
Shailene Woodley as Lindsay Mills
Keith Stanfield Photo
Keith Stanfield as Patrick Haynes
Vladimir Putin Photo
Vladimir Putin as Himself
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995.25 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
2 hr 14 min
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2.05 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
2 hr 14 min
Seeds 100

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by nataliejobrien 7 / 10

New perspective on Snowden

This movie succeeds in padding out the personal dimension of the Edward Snowden story. Its focus is the impact of Snowden's highly secretive, demanding work on his home life – and particularly on his relationship with his girlfriend, Lindsay.The Snowden story is so bloody interesting – which makes this film interesting, thought-provoking and definitely worth a watch. However, the script was a bit melodramatic at times and I did find myself wishing they had done a better job with the content.If you're interested in Snowden generally, I would definitely recommend the documentary Citizenfour over this one. But if you've already seen it, then it's worth adding this one to your watch list.
Reviewed by lee_eisenberg 9 / 10

there's more than meets the eye

In June, 2013, it came out that the National Security Agency had a massive espionage network in place. Within a few days, the source of the information revealed himself. Edward Snowden was a computer professional who had been working first for the CIA, and then switched to the NSA. Before long, his conscience started bothering him, and so he downloaded evidence of the espionage network, flew to Hong Kong, and revealed it to journalists Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill, while director Laura Poitras filmed the interview. Without a doubt it was the biggest story of 2013.This story got told in Poitras's Oscar-winning documentary "Citizenfour". Oliver Stone's "Snowden" tells the story, but also looks at the years leading up to Snowden's employment by the NSA: his military service, his stationing in Geneva, and then Japan, and finally his employment with the NSA outlet in Hawaii.I don't know if I would go so far as to call this a masterpiece, but what's mind-blowing is the sheer scope of not just the espionage network, but everything else that it comprised. Without a doubt, the most important scene is the worldwide revelation of Snowden's leaks, and Snowden's subsequent flight to Russia, where he remains to this day.Joseph Gordon-Levitt does a fine job as Snowden, as do Shailene Woodley as his lover Lindsay Mills. The rest of the cast includes Zachary Quinto (Spock in the "Star Trek" reboot) as Greenwald, Melissa Leo (Alice in "The Fighter") as Poitras, and an assortment of other people, including some surprise cast members.All in all, I recommend the movie. Even though the viewer knows the plot, it's still a suspenseful story.
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