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(1 - 13) of 13 OFCS Rating: 77% Fresh Page   1   4/5 "Like the great artist he is Trumbo's work speaks as loudly today as it did 50 years ago. Perhaps we should all listen."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron 2.5/4 "Trumbo is most focused when it lets the man and his peers testify directly."   Slant Magazine   Bill Weber B+ "Blacklisted screenwriter and freedom-fighter Dalton Trumbo is revealed in this touching documentary that utilizes talking-head interviews along with Trumbo's letters to flesh out the man responsible for such film classics as "Johnny Got His Gun," "Spartac"   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "What could have been a human- and Hollywood-interest film turns out to be a not very successful experiment."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit "An amazing primer on how to stand by your principles even as the unprincipled knock you around."   Cinematical   James Rocchi "The transporting power of this experience is in the passionate and almost outlandishly eloquent verbal expression Trumbo poured into his correspondence, and the vividly American principles he defends."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards 2.5/5 "Trumbo's vivid archival footage and interviews share less-than-equal time, though, with an all-star cast ... taking turns reading from the writer's letters and speeches."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner 8/10 "This may be the last film to feature Trumbo's writing and it has some of his most powerful prose. It is may be the best film that has ever been made about the Hollywood blacklist and the Hollywood Ten."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 3.5/5 "By itself, the golden age of Trumbo's career would make for an inspired documentary. But, alas, history situates him in another story, a tragedy that nearly consumed him and many other members of Hollywood."   Film Threat   Matthew Sorrento 2/5 "unimaginative ... rendering a film that should have been impassioned and full of life and humor into something static and dull."   Filmcritic.com   Paul Brenner 7/10 "Step back to the good old days when anybody could be brought before Congress and interrogated about their beliefs, and meet one of the most famous of those who refused to answer."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 7/10 "Dalton Trumbo showed that it was possible, even within the Hollywood system, to deal seriously with issues like freedom and personal responsibility."   Playback:stl   Sarah Boslaugh "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 13) of 13 OFCS Rating: 77% Fresh Page   1