‘Trumbo’ a witty film about a tortured period (Our grade: B)

Mick LaSalle – San Francisco Chronicle

Dalton Trumbo wrote the screenplays for scores of movies, but he probably never wanted or expected to live a drama worthy of one. And then life intruded, in the form of the House Un-American Activities Committee, and he was faced with a crisis that tested everything he had — his will, his talents, his finances, his faith and his family.

He had to become as strong as the hero of a movie, or fall to pieces.

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