“My god! Page 1001 of the torture report completely contradicts page 5013 of the torture report! We’ve got to tell someone!”
Unfortunately, for as serious a subject as this is, it’s not a very exciting movie. Adam Driver endeavors to educate about the CIA torture authorized by the Bush administration. Grimly, it’s a people-sitting-in-front-of-computers kind of movie with the occasional two-hander with Diane Feinstein in an important-looking conference room. Filmmakers occasionally cut to detainees being tortured, which is a bummer that doesn’t really ratchet-up the drama. It’s clearly a very well-researched piece, and a sad period of American history, but it doesn’t make for a cozy night of viewing. It’s a medicine movie. As in: it’s time to take your medicine.
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