Réalisation:
Oliver StonePhotographie:
Anthony Dod MantleActeurs·trices:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Logan Marshall-Green, Scott Eastwood, Nicolas Cage (plus)VOD (3)
Résumés(1)
Patriote idéaliste et enthousiaste, le jeune Edward Snowden semble réaliser son rêve quand il rejoint les équipes de la CIA puis de la NSA. Il découvre alors au cœur des Services de Renseignements américains l'ampleur insoupçonnée de la cyber-surveillance. Violant la Constitution, soutenue par de grandes entreprises, la NSA collecte des montagnes de données et piste toutes les formes de télécommunications à un niveau planétaire. Choqué par cette intrusion systématique dans nos vies privées, Snowden décide de rassembler des preuves et de tout divulguer. Devenu lanceur d'alerte, il sacrifiera sa liberté et sa vie privée. En juin 2013, deux journalistes prennent le risque de le rencontrer dans une chambre d'hôtel à Hong Kong. Une course contre la montre s'engage pour analyser les preuves irréfutables présentées par Snowden avant leur publication. Les révélations qui vont être faites dans cette pièce seront au cœur du plus grand scandale d'espionnage de l'histoire des États-Unis. (Pathé Films)
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Critiques (10)
« La plupart des Américains ne veulent pas de liberté, ils veulent la sécurité ». Étonnamment vivant et amusant, Stone est doté d'un bon scénario. Gordon-Levitt joue le rôle d'un talentueux spécialiste en informatique crédible et sympathique, les autres acteurs sont agréables (Woodley en tant que petite amie, Ifans en tant que chef de la CIA, ainsi que Quinto et Wilkinson en journalistes). La présentation d'un sujet controversé avec tension et légèreté à la fois (avec le personnage de Nicolas Cage), équilibrée du point de vue de la réalisation. La conclusion pathétique est tolérable, le film sait ce qu'il veut dire et le fait avec le cœur, ce qui est l'essentiel. [Cannes]
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Stone seeks the long-lost relevance of a commentator, in vain. Snowden's great motto is that, unlike his recent films, he has no annoying mannerist hallmark and falls of quite nicely. Oliver even forced the greatest living Gordon-Levitt impersonator to act, which is a solid accomplishment. Unfortunately, the content of the testimony itself, compared to what the Oscar-winning documentary Citizenfour offered, is more of a clear introduction to the issue, which underscores Stone's well-known critical-patriotic stance on contemporary US democracy. Something provocative is missing, something that would burn into the retina. A tame personal level will not replace it. Snowden passes by pleasantly and finally smiles with uncontrollable pathos. It’s no mess, but also no subversion... [70%]
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Oliver Stone remains just as critical, slightly caustic and interesting. I'm a little worried that this patriot won't be doing anything more than dissecting American’s biting problems, and that's a bit of a shame (the glorious and "differently" conceived Alexander). On the other hand, Snowden is an interesting subject, decently handled and easy to grasp for an ordinary viewer unfamiliar with the case – even a complete illiterate can understand what is happening in the film and what is related to what. For die-hard political scientists and would-be pundits, however, it may not be the right fit, It's not pure documentary style, they wanted it to be good to go to the cinema and the purpose is fulfilled.
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The director Oliver Stone really shines through the movie. You don’t really buy all the dialogues, but the picking on America is apparent in almost every scene. The wide range of actors backing him is really interesting, so a number of interesting faces appears throughout the movie. Anyway, the most important thing here is Snowden and Joseph Gordon-Lewitt portrayed him fantastically. However, when it comes to the screenplay, it is really boring. The film wants to say something more, but in the end leaves us with what we already know from the media. And whether you agree with Snowden or not really doesn’t matter. The essential is what happened on the Internet since the affair and it only confirmed the myths and theories that have been and still are revolving around the Internet.
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Oliver Stone is a very more experienced director, I like his U-Turn and Savages a lot, but after a four-year hiatus he returns with a mediocre film. At first I was more or less very satisfied, I like Joseph Gordon-Levitt a lot, but here I stopped enjoying it after an hour. As soon as the film started to deal with politics it went to shit, at least for me; on the one hand I don't care about it and on the other, I don't care about American politics at all. Finished with a slight suffering, Snowden himself is an interesting personality though.50%
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