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A Balasaur Score of 35 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 4.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 5%, Metacritic 35/100. Most of the 6,881 2020s drama movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.
Ratings
IMDb4.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes5%
Metacritic35/100
547 audience votes
Key crew
- Dee ReesDirector
- Marco VillalobosScreenplay
- Tamar-kaliOriginal Music Composer
- Dee ReesScreenplay
Cast
- Anne HathawayElena McMahon
- Ben AffleckTreat Morrison
- Rosie PerezAlma Guerrero
- Willem DafoeRichard McMahon
- Edi GathegiJones
- Mel RodriguezBarry Sedlow
- Onata AprileCat McMahon
- Toby JonesPaul Schuster
- Carlos LealMax Epperson aka Bob Weir
- Ben ChaseMax Berquist
- Julian GambleSecretary George Shultz
- Robert SedgwickStewart James
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Themes
based on novel or booksandinismel salvadorco-workers relationshipwoman directorinvestigative journalismcosta rica1980spolitical thrillerweapons traffickingiran–contra affairfather daughter relationship