Risk

Name: Risk
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 5, 2017
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 72

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Showtime Networks | Release Date: May 5, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: Laura Poitras, Academy Award winning director of Citizenfour, returns with her most personal and intimate film to date. Filmed over six years, Risk is a complex and volatile character study that collides with a high stakes election year and its controversial aftermath. Cornered in a tiny building for half a decade, Julian Assange isLaura Poitras, Academy Award winning director of Citizenfour, returns with her most personal and intimate film to date. Filmed over six years, Risk is a complex and volatile character study that collides with a high stakes election year and its controversial aftermath. Cornered in a tiny building for half a decade, Julian Assange is undeterred even as the legal jeopardy he faces threatens to undermine the organization he leads and fracture the movement he inspired. Capturing this story with unprecedented access, Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle. In a new world order where a single keystroke can alter history, Risk is a portrait of power, betrayal, truth, and sacrifice.… Expand

Director: Laura Poitras

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 92 min

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John Semley

May 11, 2017

There’s no doubt that the world needs more iconoclasts, whistle-blowers and anti-authoritarian rabble-rousers. But it deserves better than Julian Assange. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

May 21, 2016

Unlike "Citizenfour," there's not a whole lot here that hasn't already been revealed through the scrutiny of Assange's iconoclastic legacy, but the filmmaker's skillful treatment of the material yields another look at major historical events on an intimate level. Read full review

Steve Erickson

May 3, 2017

Though it could benefit from less hopping around in time and space, and it bears the scars of Poitras’ multiple edits — she showed one cut to Assange, who hated it — if you care about what’s happening to the internet and to global politics, it’s essential viewing. Read full review

The Film Stage Giovanni Marchini Camia

May 21, 2016

Poitras takes very little advantage of her direct access to Assange to offer up any other information that isn’t already common knowledge. Read full review

Ty Burr

May 10, 2017

Debuting at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and updated in light of recent events, it’s a failed film whose failure makes it interesting; it’s less a portrait of Assange than an account of how the scales fell from one admirer’s eyes as she looked at him. Read full review

Peter Debruge

May 21, 2016

Running a short 84 minutes, Risk offers considerable insights into Assange, but seems to omit as much as it reveals. Read full review

Fred Kaplan

May 4, 2017

This isn’t the churning of ambiguities; it’s a muddle, a mess. Read full review

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Marcosotica

Sep 25, 2017

Lady gaga é a melhor artista pop, compositora, escritora, atriz, feminista que luat todos os dias por um mundo melhor, amamos seus trabalhos que só tema aacrescentar na vida das pessoas.

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Proteus

May 14, 2017

Assange speaking and philosophizing is the best part of the movie. If you want insight into Assange, his motivations and goals this is a must see movie.

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KeithDow

May 22, 2017

What’s most notable about Risk is director Laura Poitras’ incredible access to Assange, at times capturing some of the most pivotal and dramatic moments of the Wikileaks mythos. And yet, it’s as though this insider access clouded Poitras’ judgment when constructing the film, like she wasWhat’s most notable about Risk is director Laura Poitras’ incredible access to Assange, at times capturing some of the most pivotal and dramatic moments of the Wikileaks mythos. And yet, it’s as though this insider access clouded Poitras’ judgment when constructing the film, like she was too far inside the boundaries of the landscape to accurately paint its scenery. From purely a storytelling standpoint, the film 'We Steal Secrets’ is a better Wikileaks documentary, which should come as no surprise considering that was written and directed by Alex Gibney, perhaps the best documentarian in the business.… Expand

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3ebfan511

Mar 17, 2018

Not a particularly good documentary. While I did not like Citizenfour because of its juvenile take on privacy, I at least saw the immediacy of it, and overall point. This film does not really have a coherent point like that one. As Assange is very cryptic and does a lot of talking, butNot a particularly good documentary. While I did not like Citizenfour because of its juvenile take on privacy, I at least saw the immediacy of it, and overall point. This film does not really have a coherent point like that one. As Assange is very cryptic and does a lot of talking, but doesn't actually say very much. It also gets bogged down in the legal issues he faced with sex accusations, and then the relationship between the director and him and the director and even another side character..as the film was re-edited and re-released at least once. It was mildly interesting to see Assange talk..but the film fails to capture any of the impact of CitizenFour, its long, hard to get through..and Assange really does not seem to have much of a driving force, or none that he is able, or willing, to decipher. Along with the other issues..it was just OK. Mildly interesting if you like the subject matter, and worth seeing in that case, but it is not a particularly good documentary otherwise.… Expand

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Tyranian

Dec 23, 2019

Assange is clearly a narcissistic control-freak but the filmmaker acts like a zombified fangirl for most of the documentary.

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Haandy

Feb 8, 2022

Outro filme que nunca vi, mas se a lady rata ta nele é flop e ruim hahaha credo

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