The Spymasters - CIA in the Crosshairs
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 28, 2015
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Dec 1, 2015
    90
    A fascinating window into the thinking at the top of a compulsively secret agency that has been the spearhead of the war on terror.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Joe McGovern
    Nov 17, 2015
    83
    As the film moves past Sept. 11 and into topics like black sites, waterboarding, and drone warfare, a fascinating schism opens, exposing the existential battle being waged among the agency's own captains for the CIA's soul. [20/27 Nov 2015, p.105]
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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. katezoe
    Nov 29, 2015
    10
    Incredible documentary interviewing 8 CIA Directors. A very disturbing look at the reality of what our world has become post 9/11. I highlyIncredible documentary interviewing 8 CIA Directors. A very disturbing look at the reality of what our world has become post 9/11. I highly recommend it.… Full Review »
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