Storyline
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Directors
Cast
Michael Culkin, Daniel Brühl, Michael Kranz, Anthony Mackie, Nigel Whitmey, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Thewlis, Stanley Tucci, Carice van Houten, Alexander Siddig, Anatole Taubman, Laura Linney, Moritz Bleibtreu, Peter Capaldi, Jamie Blackley, Axel Milberg, Alicia Vikander, Hera Hilmar, Dan Stevens, Lydia Leonard, Alexander Beyer, Philip Bretherton, Joseph Kinyua Muriuki, Peter King Nzioki, Amir Boutrous, Mimi Ferrer, Gudmundur Thorvaldsson, Camilla Rutherford
Trailer
Reviews
80
With a riveting portrayal by Cumberbatch at its heart, The Fifth Estate tells its story grippingly - but finally leaves us none the wiser.
60
The Guardian
This is highly competent catnip for the watercooler crowd.
60
Benedict Cumberbatch is inspiredly cast, serving up a technically ingenious performance which may be his juiciest ever.
60
It’s adequate and often fun, but no match for Cumberbatch’s talents: physically, his Assange is far more complex and intriguing than most of the things we hear him say or see him do.
58
For a film that reminds use over and over that this is a whole new world, this movie feels awfully familiar.
