The East (2013)
Sarah Moss (Marling) is a brilliant operative for an elite private intelligence firm whose top objective is to ruthlessly protect the interests of their A-list corporate clientele. She is assigned to go undercover to infiltrate an anarchist collective known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations. Living amongst them in an effort to get closer to their members, Sarah finds herself unexpectedly torn between two worlds as she starts to fall in love with the group';s charismatic leader (Skarsgard), finding her life and her priorities irrevocably changed.
27 March 1952, Seattle, Washington, USA
29 December 1959, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
21 February 1987, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
4 January 1965, Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
26 February 1985, Ukiah, California, USA
January 01, 2014
The total effect is affected, annoying and off-putting.
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.
June 14, 2013
"The East" leaves questions unanswered, but at least it asks those questions.
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.
June 13, 2013
Marling and Batmanglij bring an evenhanded perspective to their portrayals of the characters and issues involved.
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.
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.
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 25, 2013
Its morally ambiguous investigation of extreme left-wing politics is ... light years away from usual multiplex concerns.
September 26, 2013
Immaculately made with a thought-provoking emphasis on corporate espionage, it's just missing intensity and grit
