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The East (2013)
Upon taking the mission to track down, the East, a group of cunning and courageous, that do their best and make attacks on the firms that pollute the environment, Sara, a young courageous and intelligent secret agent, who has taken the mission seriously, but when she was about to be exposed, everything changes.
20 April 1985
12 July 1951, Pasadena, California, USA
20 September 1986, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
9 July 1982, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, UK
27 March 1952, Seattle, Washington, USA
4 January 1965, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
25 March 1973, Covington, Louisiana, USA
January 01, 2014
The whole thing feels strident and naive, a well-meaning drama composed by a couple of college kids for their Environmental Science final.
June 13, 2013
A fast-rising newcomer to film, the willowy Marling is maturing fast, and encouragingly unwilling to dumb herself down for stock girlfriend roles. This is her strongest work yet and I hope a harbinger of much more to come.
August 05, 2013
If you start off seeing the film's moral world in simple black and white terms - greedy one percent on one side; righteous activists on the other - you'll be left uneasy... but Marling and Batmanglij deliver gripping suspense and challenging ideas.
September 29, 2013
Marling's committed performance is offset slightly by Skarsgård's glumness and the 'surprise' casting of Page, who plays the part like Juno grown up (sort of) and turned vengeful communist psychopath.
October 05, 2013
Provocative and exciting, with bigger set pieces and a fierce devotion to character development, this is the sort of smart genre thriller that Hollywood needs more of.
June 20, 2013
The latest collaboration between director Zal Batmanglij and screenwriter Brit Marling suffers from the same problem as their previous picture, Sound of My Voice: It's taut, compelling, unpredictable and completely wipes out in the final few minutes.
September 26, 2013
Immaculately made with a thought-provoking emphasis on corporate espionage, it's just missing intensity and grit
June 14, 2013
"The East" leaves questions unanswered, but at least it asks those questions.
June 13, 2013
Marling and Batmanglij bring an evenhanded perspective to their portrayals of the characters and issues involved.
June 25, 2013
Its morally ambiguous investigation of extreme left-wing politics is ... light years away from usual multiplex concerns.
January 01, 2014
The total effect is affected, annoying and off-putting.