The East (2013)

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80	The Hollywood Reporter John DeFore Batmanglij balances emotional tension with practical danger nicely, a must in a story whose activist protagonists can make no distinction between the personal and the political.
80	Film.com Jordan Hoffman This is a movie that proposes a genuine, intelligent solution, both for the main character and for us. It comes at you kinda quickly (and economically, in about three wordless shots), but it hit me like a bag of dumpster-dived apples to the gut.
75	indieWIRE Eric Kohn As slickly paced as a big-studio espionage movie, it nearly succeeds as a pure adrenaline-rush thriller. In the end, the problem isn't that there's too much plot, but rather a certain dramatic illogic.
70	Variety Justin Chang This clever, involving spy drama builds to a terrific level of intrigue before losing some steam in its second half.
67	The Playlist Cory Everett The East is definitely a movie that's going to divide people but it'll be a conversation worth having.

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