The Report (2019)

A Senate staffer leads a high-stakes investigation into the CIA's use of torture following the September 11th attacks.

Original title

The Torture Report

First release year

2019

Runtime (minutes)

119

Production countries

United States

Original languages

English

Directors

Scott Z. Burns

Writers

Scott Z. Burns · writer

Cast and characters

Adam Driver; Annette Bening; Jon Hamm; Ted Levine; Michael C. Hall; Tim Blake Nelson; Corey Stoll; Maura Tierney

Genres

historical political drama

Themes

accountability; government secrecy; ethics of interrogation

Tone and mood

sober; gripping

Premise and plot tags

based on actual events; political drama; CIA

Source material / true-story basis

the article

Content notes

torture

Reception

Critical reviews of the film were generally positive.

Reported review scores

Rotten Tomatoes · score: 82% · review count: 245; Metacritic · score: 66 · scale: 100 · review count: 33

Awards and nominations

Cinema for Peace Award · Political Film of the Year · 2020 · win

Production trivia

The film's budget was cut from $18 million to $8 million.; Some characters are composite characters, such as Bernadette, who bears some resemblance to Gina Haspel.; The film was announced in April 2018.

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