We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks 2013

James Rocchi, MSN Movies: Alex Gibney's latest, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," is very good -- manage to do both. Read more

Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: For all its faults, "We Steal Secrets" reminds us that despite the potential of WikiLeaks, its project of truth and consequences remains treacherous and complicated in practice. Read more

David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: Much of the material is out there, but Gibney has a talent for creating a one-stop shop for anyone who wants to experience the full scope of this ugly, scary story. Read more

John Anderson, Wall Street Journal: How do you make this a motion picture? Some might call it sleight-of-hand, but it's something Mr. Gibney has proved himself adept at time and time again ... Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: Sometimes it takes a feature-length documentary to stitch together a story we think we already know. Read more

A.A. Dowd, AV Club: Those looking for a summary of the WikiLeaks phenomenon-from the big leaks to the major shifts in public perception about Assange and his cause-won't find a more cleanly delineated version. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: At once an awkward mingling of two complex life stories and a gripping, necessary look at how information is gathered, shared and, yes, stolen. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: The movie's especially deft at exposing spin, whether it's the US media's or Assange's. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: The sequence in which Manning confides in former hacker Adrian Lamo and gets turned in to the FBI supplies the kind of human drama that has made Gibney's work so engrossing in the past. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: The results are far more exciting than most Hollywood espionage thrillers. Read more

David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: Alex Gibney's docu-portrait of WikiLeaks is both a juicy chronicle of recent history and a provocative reflection on the role of secrecy in an instant-access world. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: A sprawling, ambitious, major work -- a gripping exploration of power, personality, technology and the crushing weight that can come to bear on those who find themselves in its combined path. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: Engaging, kinetic, revelatory and unexpected. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: Unlike many other non-fiction filmmakers, Gibney is not interested in scoring easy points. He has a point of view, but he also wants to be fair. Read more

Mark Jenkins, NPR: Even the movie's title, or rather the source of it, is a surprise. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Future historians will find the ideal chronicle of our era in the superbly crafted "We Steal Secrets." Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: Despite Gibney's best efforts to put a halo on Manning, the enormity of what the soldier did towers over what has been done to him. Read more

Michael Sragow, Orange County Register: A psychological suspense film with an open ending that's more haunting than the tricky climaxes of most post-Hitchcock thrillers. Read more

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: A real-life cyber-thriller with real-life consequences, Alex Gibney's We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is a riveting and revelatory documentary ... Read more

Kristin Tillotson, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Gibney builds a remarkable level of suspense, given how exhaustively WikiLeaks has been covered in the media. Read more

Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: Who is "We" in the title We Steal Secrets? There's no need for a spoiler alert, but it's neither Gibney nor Assange. Read more

Trevor Johnston, Time Out: This thorough, engrossing film shows how idealistic Aussie hacker Julian Assange took on the might of the US, exposing their military and diplomatic misconduct, then allowed his own murky personal life to tarnish his credibility. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: You'll leave knowing slightly more about the who, what and why of WikiLeaks; you'll also wish the whole shebang didn't fell like such a tone-deaf data dump overall. Read more

Peter Debruge, Variety: After a long run of Bush-critical pics, it's heartening to see Gibney shift his target to the current administration, demonstrating an ongoing willingness to take on the Man, whoever that may be. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice: Gibney, a prolific and skilled documentarian, marshals and organizes a raft of information as deftly as anyone could wish. But his conclusions are murkier than they might be. Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Despite its wonky-Washington theme, We Steal Secrets ends up being a surprisingly soulful and, yes, even moving story of hubris, good intentions and mistakes. Read more