Watching this on Channel Ten was an unusual experience - the TV movie was of such quality, yet all the ads just made the channel seem like a toilet. The advent of illegal downloads has made Channel Ten a pointless institution really, unless they start making more local stuff.
Anyway, this was an entertaining film, perhaps Robert Connolly's best as director. It was a genuinely interesting story - I wonder how much was true? It did feel like punches were pulled in its depiction of Assange and his mother - you get the sense that if either had been dead, Connolly would have been able to cut more loose, get into the nuttiness. As it is both characters felt far too restrained, particularly Assange's mother.
Still, it punches along and I really liked the look of the early 90s.
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