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Steal This Movie

2000 · 107 min

A scrappy, earnest biopic that mixes political outrage with domestic tenderness, feeling like a history lesson told by someone who was there.

Directed by
Robert Greenwald
Genres
Drama
Overview
Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left.
How it feels
Earnest, satirical, melancholic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Politics, rebellion, identity, love
Content
Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.
Note
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Directed by
Robert Greenwald
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • rebellion
  • identity
  • love
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

Cast

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