Trumbo

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      I am one that keeps up with better than most people I have known through the years. The one thing I have not heard about this year is the performance of Bryan Cranston as the legendary screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. Cranston now has both a golden globe and sag nomination. Once you see this film, I hope you can agree there is no one else that could have played this man.
     The film picks up in the height of his career where he is very well respected in Hollywood getting job after job. The one problem he had was, he was a registered communist. This did not sit well with a lot of people in that era. When it came to the Red scare the government started its witch hunt with Hollywood and subsequently, Dalton Trumbo. Trumbo was put in front of a congressional hearing, and did not fold like many did in the day. The movie mostly focuses on what occurs during and after this hearing.
   The performance of Cranston is the huge plus of this film. I also am a huge fan of films that are very thought proviking, which this film is. The big question or point is: Is it right to ruin someone's life for what they believe in when they never did a thing wrong in the first place?
GRADE:B+

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