The Report is a love letter to the genre. [...] The viewer stands up from its comfortable cinema seat with a desperate thirst for truth. This means that the movie has pulled off its mission.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 21, 2024

One can hope that by examining the flaws of The Report any aspiring screenwriters out there can understand why the number one rule of screenwriting is “show, don’t tell.”

| Jul 31, 2024

This was a film with a powerful story to tell. It just was never quite sure how to tell it. Still, you should watch this film for the performances alone, and the story that is told has just enough thematic heft to get you.

| Original Score: C+ | May 1, 2024

“The Report” doesn't much acknowledge just how much racism played a role in what happened, but it also almost seems to seethe, in its own understated fashion, against giving ground to the argument of torture being a necessary evil.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 19, 2022

The Report earns our admiration by relying on details to tell the story, and our understanding of their implications does the rest.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 23, 2022

Adam Driver puts in a strong performance as Jones. However, a disjointed narrative, featuring some overly clinical and bland scenes, sometimes hampers the film. When The Report focuses more on Jones and his findings, the film finds its groove.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 21, 2022

The Report manages to create life and character in the face of a boring corporate and unremarkable background.

| Original Score: 70/100 | Jan 14, 2022

The material, the subject matter is incredibly significant for America, American history, but it should be - I think - important for Americans.

| Sep 16, 2021

Adam Driver shines in a gripping tale of going beyond the odds to pursue the truth.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 29, 2021

Just like the man at the centre of the film, it has good intentions and lofty ambitions.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 13, 2021

The performances and the story itself are what shines in The Report, rather than any of the films' technical attributes.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 30, 2021

The subject matter is cumbersome and the details are dense, making for a very dry watch that can, at times, feel tedious ... Come prepared with the possibility that you may get lost in the intricacies of political red tape, dynamics and protocol.

| Jan 29, 2021

While the content of the film is terrifying and infuriating (comically so at times), it's also not wholly captivating.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 7, 2020

The end result is a deeply affecting film which delivers intrigue and thrills without resorting to hammy Hollywood devices.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 20, 2020

This is without a doubt an intriguing, solid and highly revealing political thriller from Burns. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 8, 2020

The Report is both engrossing and infuriating, and serves as the perfect counter piece to Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty.

| Oct 27, 2020

Driver plays a wonk work-obsessed and justice-minded enough to keep pushing when everyone else is pushing back. He's supported by an excellent cast...

| Oct 21, 2020

A comprehensive, emotional gut-punch search for the truth.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 3, 2020

A vital account of a nation trying to ensure that they hold themselves accountable in the eyes of history.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 28, 2020

It's another scientific example of acting craft from Driver.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2020