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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinTrumbo sexes up Trumbo's already dramatic story with a massive infusion of star power.
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxPeter Askin's powerful documentary serves as an important reminder of our First Amendment rights, and a tribute to one man who fought to preserve them in the face of Congressional intimidation.
- 83Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerFamily home movies and photos and archival clips round out the film, which holds its hero-worshiping to fairly tolerable levels.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterAn invigorating, funny, and moving portrait of a Hollywood hero.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirTrumbo is a terrific picture, a blend of interviews and archival footage and readings of Trumbo's letters and speeches.
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenToday few would dispute Trumbo's assessment of that very dark period: "The blacklist was a time of evil, and no one who survived it on either side came through untouched by evil."
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerIt will serve as a fine entry point for younger auds interested in learning about the price paid by moviemakers and their families swept up in the 1950s anti-Communist net.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe actors--most unshaven, wrinkled, so goddamned serious--steal the writer's movie, as they wring from his epistles every last drop of blood and sweat spilled by a man punished for believing his country was better than its behavior.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierDonald Sutherland's passionate rendition of a speech from Trumbo's 1971 film "Johnny Got His Gun" (based on his novel) is worth the price of admission.
- 25New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithThe misleading documentary Trumbo paints a golden nimbus of holiness around the onetime highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood, Dalton Trumbo, an on-the-record hater of democracy, defender of authoritarian rule and avowed Communist.