The Fifth Estate describes the history of WikiLeaks, from the moment Daniel Schmitt teamed up with Julian Assange to the moment three of the world's most influential newspapers jointly released the WikiLeaks war logs. Though Assange is brilliantly played by Benedict Cumberbatch, the film offers no insights into his character or motivations. It's a profoundly silly movie about a profoundly serious topic—too concerned about facts to be fun, too one-sided and dogmatic to be informative, and too hacky to get away with any of it. by Alison Hallett