This film fails to challenge Trumbo’s unrepentant communism, a culpable naivety in the light of the gulags. But it certainly shows how eagerly Hollywood and Washington attempted their own queasy little show trials. Trumbo is no masterpiece, but the story of a writer imprisoned in America for his political beliefs needed to be told.
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This film fails to challenge Trumbo’s unrepentant communism, a culpable naivety in the light of the gulags. But it certainly shows how eagerly Hollywood and Washington attempted their own queasy little show trials. Trumbo is no masterpiece, but the story of a writer imprisoned in America for his political beliefs needed to be told.