True story of Reality Winner (Sydney Sweeney) a Farsi translator who comes home one day to find the FBI waiting to interview her and search her house and car. Slowly the interrogation moves towards the possibility that with her security clearance she accessed and leaked information about Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
An intriguing record come quasi documentary in that the whole film is based word for word on tapes of the FBI talking to and then formally interviewing Winner. Whilst it is difficult to separate one's views on her ultimate treatment and how the US government reacted, the film is actually a well crafted look at what it's like to be on the receiving end of the cold, clinical FBI procedure - and it's certainly pretty intimidating. Sydney's performance, the use of sound to reflect the growing anxiety and the careful recreation of the meticulous process in play, makes this a fascinating, tense and possibly worrying experience.
An intriguing record come quasi documentary in that the whole film is based word for word on tapes of the FBI talking to and then formally interviewing Winner. Whilst it is difficult to separate one's views on her ultimate treatment and how the US government reacted, the film is actually a well crafted look at what it's like to be on the receiving end of the cold, clinical FBI procedure - and it's certainly pretty intimidating. Sydney's performance, the use of sound to reflect the growing anxiety and the careful recreation of the meticulous process in play, makes this a fascinating, tense and possibly worrying experience.