McVeigh (film)

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McVeigh
Directed byMike Ott
Written byAlex Gioulakis
Mike Ott
Starring Alfie Allen
Brett Gelman
Ashley Benson
CinematographyDaniel Vignal
Edited byDagmawi Abebe
Music byAdam Weiss
Production
companies
Rouge Wave Pictures
Symbolic Exchange
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

McVeigh is a 2024 American drama film co-written and directed by Mike Ott. It is based on the true story of domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh, the perpetrator of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. McVeigh is played by Alfie Allen. The film premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 7, 2024. [1]

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Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 78% of 9 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.6/10. [2]

Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote, "[T]he time is more than right for a movie like McVeigh, which records how its subject's descent into terrorism was propelled by the ideas of the new right-wing zealotry." [3] Damon Wise of Deadline wrote, "Ott carefully keeps us at arm's length from his subject at all times, and his direction makes that clear from the outset. When we're not following McVeigh, played with impressive, surly opacity by Britain's Alfie Allen, we're observing him, almost like wildlife and usually in his car. Ott uses master shots, or medium close-ups, then slowly closes in, but we never get too close." [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "McVeigh". Tribeca Festival . Archived from the original on May 30, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  2. "McVeigh". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved August 1, 2024.
  3. "'McVeigh' Review: A Drama About the Oklahoma City Bomber Has Low-Key Sociopathic Atmosphere to Spare". Variety . June 9, 2024. Archived from the original on June 9, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
  4. "'McVeigh' Review: Alfie Allen Impresses In This Chilling Account Of The Radicalization Of The Oklahoma Bomber – Tribeca Festival". Deadline . Archived from the original on June 9, 2024.