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IMDb rating 7.3
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Critic rating 7

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

Keira Knightley shines as a very British whistleblower.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Ian Freer
rated 6

...an entertaining slice of recent history celebrating an unsung British hero.

Read full review at Empire

Cast & Crew

Gavin Hood
Director
Gavin Hood
Writer
Stuart Ramsay
As Police Officer
Stuart Ramsay
Director
George W. Bush
As Self (archival footage)
Kenneth Cranham
As Judge Hyam

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Based on real events, Official Secrets is a gripping political thriller that follows Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq. With her life, liberty, and marriage at risk, Katharine must fight for what she believes in, exposing the truth behind one of the most controversial wars in recent history.

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