The Report

A desk jockey's party, this has it all... slow, cumbersome, repetitive, frustrating tasks, one after the other. Lol. It is a good enough story about some pretty dark stuff, but is weighed down by the drudgery of the day-to-day fact-finding, and information gathering. I liked AD in this

A really good political thriller in my opinion. At the beginning, it draws you in with the actions committed by the CIA, and later on, it keeps the tension through the battle of cover-up vs publishing.

A decent film. A little empty and slow, but it does the job.

This is a provocative, powerful and brave film. It’s important to see… though I probably won’t see it again, I’m happy I did. This is something I feel Americans should watch at least once. We need more films that illuminate stories we have less access to (and people don’t necessarily seek out). We can’t eradicate things that we aren’t willing to understand/be aware of as a society. Film and art in general are essential to this process. This movie addressed a number of themes without losing the audience - masterfully done.

I liked it, but it was directed in a way that made me distance my self regarding the scenes that showed us the crimes regarding enhanced interrogation techniques . This should have been a courtroom drama.

The darkest time of the American 21st Century foreign policy should have been exposed in a detailed report from Senate investigator, Daniel Jones (Adam Driver). The use of torture on “black site” prisoners is abysmal and a stain on our government — it was also very popular at the time and in many cases, considered essential to thwarting another terrorist attack akin to 9/11. The movie fails at portraying this. There are some generic clips of the 9/11 attack, but no mention of the atrocities — not the sound of bodies splattering on the pavement or the bereaving families in their homes. This lack of context — and the rage that accompanied it at that time — is a detriment to the quintessence of the period. We see nothing of the evil of these terrorists. By neglecting to show their methods and missions, it becomes a very obvious “torture bad” movie. I also find it hard to believe that not a single implementation of “EIT” (Enhanced Interrogation Technique) evoked anything useful in catching a terrorist and/or stopping an attack anywhere in the world. That being said, the plot does allow itself to get fleshed out and the several moving parts keep the story interesting. The cast is chock-full-o’-stars, with Annette Benning, Jon Hamm, Michael C. Hall, Matthew Rhys, and Corey Stoll, all playing some cog in the machine that is Washington D.C. The Torture Report was a surprisingly good true-crime thriller, the ilk of which typically would be better served in documentary format. I think the only thing keeping the 2000s from feeling the same as the 2010s was the dearth of internet proficiency. It was an insane decade and this movie is a fraction of a fraction of that craziness.

I thought it was pretty decent. However, I can see it boring some.

Layered complexity weaves through the revelation of a nation’s dark acts, further crooked in familiar attempt to prevent exposure when only satisfying one’s true nature apart from modeling idealism. The thrilling narrative surrounding “All the President’s Men” has been modernized few times when concerning alleged corruption, gearing thought-provoking pursuits for the accountable truths, and this film brilliantly signified its stance with a solid testament accumulated at its conclusion, built sharply by the ethically cautious performances. (B+)

This film, which is based on a true story, tells the arduous journey taken by a group of determined FBI agents who are looking into the CIA's use of and cover-up of torture on suspected terrorists after September 11, 2001. Overall, due to the timeline style editing, Drivers performance, and disturbing visuals this film at times felt more like a lecture or classroom lesson than a motion picture, but it was still an enjoyable and educational experience throughout.

Heavy handed politically biased account of what was a dark time at the CIA. This film paints the democrats as some sort of heroes digging up dirt on our own interrogation tactics. This was not a situation of heroes and villains, it was more like villains and villains. The fact that the United States used torture is a stain on our history.