‘Unabomber’ Review: Jacob Tremblay and Russell Crowe in a Facile Rendering of Ted Kaczynski’s College Days

Director Janus Metz's psychological true-crime thriller Unabomber explores Ted Kaczynski's pivotal college years at Harvard. Starring Jacob Tremblay, Russell Crowe, and Shailene Woodley, the biopic attempts to examine the murderer's early life. While Tremblay delivers a stunning performance, critics describe the rendering as facile. The film provides a dangerously tidy origin story and struggles to determine if Kaczynski was mentally ill, resulting in a narrative that some find confusing and overly simplified in its execution.