The true life story of Edward Snowden is undoubtedly a 10 star rating and the film is solid if a bit flawed. Stone sets the opening up well, jumping to when Snowden meets the journalists for the first time and then we backfill. I think Stone does this well and the set up and the way the story unfolds is good. Where it lost its way slightly is the middle drag a a bit. Stone, ironically (given some of his other work) seems to hold back and go for subtlety rather than bombast but all that does is make The film lack tension in places where it needs it. the ending cranks it up a bit but most probably not enough. it won't surprise you that Stone is firmly on Snowdens side. I will do some more research on this subject before I make my judgements but the contents of what he found should worry the whole world.
