Rent Reality (2023)
3.5 of 5 from 70 ratings
1h 23min
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- Synopsis:
- Saturday afternoon, June 3, 2017. Twenty-five year old Reality Winner (Sydney Sweeney) is confronted at her home by the FBI. A cryptic conversation begins and soon Reality's life starts to unravel. With all dialogue taken directly from the FBI's transcript of the interrogation - alternately nail-biting and banal, darkly funny and surreal - we track one woman's experience of the U.S. government at work. And as more details of Realitys life are revealed and more armed men arrive, a complex portrait emerges of an American millennial, yoga teacher, and veteran under siege.
- Actors:
- Sydney Sweeney, Josh Hamilton, Marchánt Davis, Benny Elledge, John Way, Darby, Arlo, Kristoffe Brodeur, Allan Anthony Smith
- Directors:
- Tina Satter
- Producers:
- Brad Becker-Parton, Riva Marker, Greg Nobile, Noah Stahl
- Writers:
- Tina Satter, James Paul Dallas
- Aka:
- Реаліті
- Studio:
- Madman
- Genres:
- Documentary, Drama, Thrillers
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Reviews (2) of Reality
Compelling True Story Drama - Reality review by GI
This is a really absorbing drama and has a magnificent central performance by Sydney Sweeney, Based on real events and with the script a reconstruction of the actual taped conversations that take place Sweeney plays Reality Winner, a former US Air Force Intelligence Officer who now works for a Government organisation translating classified information. Returning home from work she is confronted by two FBI agents who state they have search warrants and are investigating her for leaking secret documents. The narrative then plays out as the agents and Winner interact with each other while the house is searched. The two agents played by Josh Hamilton and Marchánt Davis are passive-aggressive, all smiles and emphasising they only want her to voluntarily talk to them but notably do not read her her rights nor offer her a lawyer. Sweeney plays Winner cleverly and subtly with the character playing it quite cool and appearing baffled but nonchalant to the agents suspicions. In fact Reality Winner had leaked a document to the press that revealed Russian interference in the US elections. As the film plays out, all within Winner's house, the tension mounts steadily as the Agents gradually reveal their hand and Winner is cornered into admitting her guilt. Cleverly constructed this is an interesting and compelling drama and showcases how good an actor Sweeney is. Well worth your time
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Engrossing - Reality review by Alphaville
This is more of a low-budget re-enaction than a feature film, with a single-house location and all dialogue copied from a transcription of a real FBI interrogation. Doesn’t sound like a must-see, but it’s surprisingly engrossing, even thrilling. If you don’t know Reality’s story (Reality is the lead character’s name) it will draw you into her predicament when FB guys (all guys) accost her outside her house. What do they think she’s done? Why doesn’t she ask them? As the reasons unravel, it’s increasingly involving. It’s also fascinating to see how the FBI work in real life - extremely polite but with a menacing edge of steel. Don’t expect a visual treat but, at just over an hour, this is an engrossing watch.
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