You won't be disappointed!

Redundant and unnecessary.

Excellent but underrated film

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Other reviews here explain what this is about and the issues that this confronts. Maybe you think this is not for you because you don't feel that those issues affect you that much.You should still watch this, you see Aaron as a young boy, reading his story book out loud, on to a boy whose moral compass was fixed from a young age. He made a brave decision, to stand up for what he believed. In the political climate of the time, and with the players involved, his actions were viewed in a very dim light. He stood up, again, and again and again. They kept after him, determined to use this young bright life to make a point. They do, and we can only think less of them for doing so.

The story has been presented in very compelling way. Views of a lot of people have been taken. Everyone seemed logical in whatever one said.The videos of Aaron are also smartly inserted whether it's from news or his own. It gets the experience of Aaron to a new level.I am thankful to everyone involved in making this movie, otherwise I may not have understood what it's like to be Aaron. There are flaws in government system, but they can't be overcome without people's participation. Aaron had an illustrious carrier yet he thought about others which is great. But better still, the method's he adopted to bring the change weren't harmful to anybody, which is a great deal.I would recommend it to anyone who wants to do something significant in his/her life but doesn't know how, this movie can definitely give a push to one's life.

The movie is based on the life of Aaron Swartz, a programmer, entrepreneur and an Internet hacktivist, who ended his life at an early age of 26. This is a documentary and all the cast were the people involved in his life, including Tim Berners-Lee (the inventor of World Wide Web (WWW)).He started programming at a very early age and was involved in making websites. He was involved in development of web feed format RSS, the organization Creative Commons, the social news site Reddit. He also focused on civic awareness and activism.He was arrested on charges of breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony. He was a research fellow at Harvard University at the time of his arrest and a visitor of MIT. He used JSTOR, a digital repository, to download a large number of academic journal articles through MIT's computer network (which is not public and people have to pay to get the articles. But MIT's students were authorized to access JSTOR through it's network for free). He was captured on a camera using the computer which was used to download the articles. From there on his charges grew with an intent set an example as to what can happen when people try to cross borders. I strongly feel that he was overcharged.This movie leaves us with the thought of how a political system can use the outdated rules to convict innocent people and how important it is to give open access to the research articles to help improve technology and make world a better place.

"Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?" ― Albert Camus. "But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself." ― Albert Camus. "A man devoid of hope and conscious of being so has ceased to belong to the future." ― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays. "Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." ― Seneca "If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide." ― Mahatma Gandhi. "When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day, Edging slowly back and forth toward death? Anyone who warms their heart with the glow Of flickering hope is worth nothing at all. The noble man should either live with honor or die with honor. That's all there is to be said." ― Sophocles, Sophocles II: Ajax/Women of Trachis/Electra/Philoctetes