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Orwell: 2+2=5
Directed by
Raoul Peck
R
2025
1h 59m
Documentary
,
Biography
,
and more
6.8
84%
Rent for $5.99
The ultimate and comprehensive documentary film about the exceptional writer George Orwell.
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Cast of Orwell: 2+2=5
Damian Lewis
George Orwell (voice)
Raoul Peck
Director / Producer
George Orwell
Writer
Alex Gibney
Producer
Nick Shumaker
Producer
George Chignell
Producer
Orwell: 2+2=5 Ratings & Reviews
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
"2+2 = 5" is didactic in a way that Orwell, I suspect, would have looked a bit askance at... Yet the film's timeliness is still a tonic.
Michael J. Cinema
Michael J. Casey
You may not leave the documentary feeling hopeful for the future, but for almost two hours, you will not look away, and your attention will not drift.
NPR
Bob Mondello
The filmmaker isn't subtle, but then, neither was his subject, and the film's points could hardly seem more prescient than they do in this moment.
FandomWire
Sean Boelman
An urgent political call to action, Orwell: 2+2=5 uses the work of the eponymous author to present a harrowing argument that today's society is looking more and more like the fascistic dystopias depicted in Orwell's science fiction creations.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
While it might lack restraint, the result is consistently provocative without resorting to heavy-handed preaching.
The Film Stage
Dan Mecca
Orwell: 2+2=5, the new documentary from Raoul Peck, serves as a stark reminder of indisputable facts and the rate at which they are disappearing.
AV Club
Jacob Oller
Peck's piercing nonfiction has previously given voice to the dead and the dismissed, but now uses one of West's most acclaimed and quoted novelists to lay bare its persistent sins.
Collider
Ross Bonaime
Peck presents the life and work of Orwell, while also showcasing just how prophetic Orwell's writing was to our current situation and the way of the world. In doing this, Peck creates one of the most urgent and terrifying films of the year.
InSession Film
Maxance Vincent
You probably knew that society is screwed before you saw Orwell 2+2 = 5. Yet, after viewing Peck's documentary, which contains an extraordinary lucidity in its line of thinking, [...] you're definitely never going to think otherwise again.
Nonfics (Substack)
Christopher Campbell
I liken this to a simple school project where Peck has made a collage of cut-outs from all the things he could find to illustrate Orwell's work, including clips of various adaptations, footage of world events, and excerpts from better docs and movies.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Anchored by Orwell's writing - and Damian Lewis's calm, intimate voice-over - Peck charts the writer's life in tandem with world-shattering events, focusing on when he was working on "Nineteen Eighty-Four," which was published in 1949.
Associated Press
Lindsey Bahr
"Orwell: 2+2=5" might not be as fully realized as Peck's 2017 knockout "I Am Not Your Negro," but it is no less essential.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
The writer became inspired to counteract his complicity in a corrupt system. The film inspires you to do the same.
RogerEbert.com
Monica Castillo
The result is an ambitious work that is provocative but sometimes convoluted.
Slate
Sam Adams
It's dazzling and terrifying, a guide to a political movement that has been gathering steam for decades and shows no signs of letting up.
TheWrap
Steve Pond
Orwell: 2+2=5 is an artful balancing act, one that dips in and out of Orwell's life and work, but also uses a broad array of reference points as it swings from history to art to the most current of events.
RogerEbert.com
Robert Daniels
"Orwell 2+2 = 5" is a frightening vision of life imitating art. But the director struggles to focus on specific themes, overloading the film by making as many links as possible.
TIME Magazine
Stephanie Zacharek
Intricate and multi-layered, it covers a lot of territory in a runtime of roughly two hours; you might feel yourself racing to keep up with it.
IndieWire
Wilson Chapman
It feels less personal and more generic, like a term paper someone could have written in undergrad. Still, Peck makes his points well, and accomplishes what he sets out to do by getting your blood pressure rising.
The Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden
Though it has its blind spots and isn't as consistently potent as Peck's 2016 doc on Baldwin, Orwell: 2+2=5 is a vital film.
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