The making of a 7,000-page Senate committee report may not sound like riveting stuff, but in the hands of writer-director Scott Z. Burns and star Adam Driver, it makes for an utterly compelling watch.
The Report chronicles Senate staffer Daniel Jones’s six-year investigation in to the CIA’s use of “enhanced interrogation techniques,” and through it how the torture program began, why it remained in place even as its ineffectiveness became increasingly obvious, and how those in power tried to whitewash or justify it.
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Distilling this complicated saga into an accessible two-hour movie can’t have been an easy feat, but Burns pulls it off with aplomb. Brisk pacing and a clear vision keep The Report from getting dragged into the weeds, even as Dan himself threatens to lose himself in them. Read more…
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