YMMV / Snowden

• Alternative Character Interpretation: In and out of universe, the film is all about making the audience debate whether Edward Snowden is a hero or a traitor.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Nicolas Cage only has about ten minutes of screen time, but steals every scene he’s in.
• Paranoia Fuel:
  • To think that the government is spying on its own citizens even if they're nice law abiding individuals. And then there's the way the male characters spy on women changing. Reporters having to not only turn off but also lock their cellphones in the microwave oven during the interview (in real life, it was a fridge) gives mass surveillance an almost supernatural aura.
  • At one point, the NSA effectively poisons an innocent teenager, just to get to her father - who isn't even their mark, but someone who makes getting the target easier. When Ed calls a collegue out on this and asks what if she had died, he's told they had a plan B if that happened. This may come off as deeply disturbing to anyone who either has kids or wants to have kids someday, not to mention that the idea of a nameless goverment agent you'll never meet ordering someone you love either harmed or killed - even if the job if important - is deeply disturbing, since you'll probably never know why.