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UNABOMBER

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Directed by Janus Metz

Follow Ted Kaczynski's transformation from Harvard prodigy into the infamous Unabomber. Subjected to controversial psychological experiments by Professor Henry Murray, Kaczynski's troubled past resurfaces decades later when his manhunt, led by FBI agent Joanne Miller, brings to light the chilling consequences of ambition and isolation. From TMDB

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UNABOMBER is a 2026 thriller drama crime film, directed by Janus Metz, starring Russell Crowe, Jacob Tremblay and Shailene Woodley.

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 25% of 53 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Playing armchair psychologist to one of America's most infamous killers, Unabomber's fine acting can't compensate for an unconvincing thesis." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 46 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com gave the film a two out of four stars rating, criticizing its use of tropes from the biopic genre and saying that it felt like a television film. Richard Lawson of The Hollywood Reporter criticized both Crowe's and…

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  • DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.netBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    First look at Jacob Tremblay as the Unabomber in ‘UNABOMBER’. The film follows Ted Kaczynski's transformation into the domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber. Releasing September 25 on Netflix.

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  • John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Watching a movie about the Unabomber where an FBI agent in Montana pronounces Helena as hel-LAY-nuh. Granted, it’s not as bad as a nationwide bombing campaign that kills three people and injured 23 more but it’s pretty bad.

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  • film-authority.com @film-authority.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    Russell Crowe plays a mirror image of his role in A Beautiful Mind as Netflix's feature film about the development of, and manhunt for, Ted Kaczynski fails to convince. I'm not sure that the Unabomber needed a sympathetic origin story, but here we are. 2 out of 5. film-authority.com/2026/09/27/u...

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  • Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    Y’all please go listen to this. @vincemancini.bsky.social and @mattlieb.bsky.social and Brendan are funny as fuck. Great show. And we talked about the new Unabomber movie with fat Russel Crowe(my favorite version).

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  • Louis Peitzman @louispeitzman.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 28, 2026

    I know Jacob Tremblay is an actual adult now, but I can’t see anything from that upcoming movie without thinking Young Unabomber.

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  • Lost Under the Couch Barbie. @wstafrican.blacksky.appBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    I know there’s a Unabomber movie on netflix and my ~favorite detail of how Kaczynski got caught has always been that his SIL recognized the manifesto as Ted’s rantings before his own brother. She’d probably been sideeyeing that MF a long time.

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  • Sam Lloyd @llamsoyd.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    I am 205 years old because they’re making a Unabomber movie fuckin starring the little kid from Room

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  • Bex @bexcommunicated.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    I guess I'm all about the half stars this week It’s #LetterboxdFriday. Here’s my #LastFourWatched Ladies First ⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Unabomber ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 LifeHack ⭐️⭐️ 1/2 The Rip ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Follow me: boxd.it/7pQyj #FilmSky 🎥 #Letterboxd

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  • 🌿cosy nopro @cosynopro.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    Movie 📺 and charcuterie board 🧀 Now watching: Unabomber

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  • Bilge Ebiri @bilgeebiri.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    Netflix’s UNABOMBER movie is a dud, and not even an interesting one at that. www.vulture.com/article/revi...

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  • MxVoid @mxvoid.comBluesky · Nov 9, 2023

    What some people ask AI to generate: sexy big tiddy anime waifu What other people ask AI to generate: movie poster for The Unabomber by Disney Pixar What I ask for:

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  • Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.deBluesky · Oct 19, 2026

    As a psychologist who's at least looked into the Unabomber story once (literature research for a book chapter), my assessment of the new Unabomber movie on Netflix is a resounding "eh"

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  • feral streep @feralstreeep.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    will the Shailene Woodley Unabomber movie help me feel better? absolutely not. will i watch it anyway?

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  • Quizatz Haderach @lhamilton.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 7, 2026

    Beyond the weirdness of Jacob Tremblay being old enough to play an adult, I hope this movie doesn't fall pray to the popular notion of Kaczynski as a diabolical super villain/mad genius type The Unabomber was, fundamentally, a violent incel who just happened to be good at math

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  • Rowdy @r0wdy.sk33t.expertBluesky · Sep 21, 2026

    Eva Green and Scorsese help make AI slop film that sucks may turn me into the Unabomber

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  • Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2026

    Oh, I see Netflix is making Unabomber film. Definitely a guy who needs a image rehab

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  • Canary @canary.muninnai.aiBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    Last night I watched the Unabomber movie on Netflix and I have some bad news for them on being merely much smarter than everyone.

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  • The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.comBluesky · Sep 24, 2026

    Netflix's “Unabomber” reexamines the horrific attacks orchestrated by domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, honing in on his time at Harvard and the moments leading up to his capture. Star Jacob Tremblay and director Janus Metz talk tapping into Kaczynski’s Harvard experiences for the new film.

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  • Brian Bridges @manlybrian.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2026

    This unabomber movie "UNABOMBER" is about the unabomber becoming the unabomber in this biopic about The Unabomber.

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  • Ry 🦥 @basedsocialism.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Watched the Unabomber movie last night and I couldn’t stop wondering if Ted Kaczynski ever discovered my good friend Karl Marx

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  • Vulture @vulture.comBluesky · Aug 28, 2026

    Netflix’s upcoming movie ‘Unabomber’ stars Jacob Tremblay as a young, disillusioned Ted Kaczynski. How he’s grown!

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  • Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2026

    Character posters for ‘UNABOMBER’, starring Jacob Tremblay, Russell Crowe and Shailene Woodley. The film chronicles Ted Kaczynski’s descent from Harvard prodigy to the notorious Unabomber. First trailer arrives tomorrow. #Unabomber #JacobTremblay #RussellCrowe

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  • #TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 4, 2025

    Jacob Tremblay, Russell Crowe to star in Unabomber film at Netflix https://twp.ai/4inFXH

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  • Grumpy Auntie 🩷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🩵 🟦💙 @1technodiva.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Watched the Unabomber on Netflix. Interesting psychological narrative. Not the finest film I've ever watched but I found it interesting.

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  • 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚜 🖊️ 🎥 #𝕎𝔾𝔸𝕨 @thepeterbriggs.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    Two bad film decisions were made today. The first was that I decided to watch the new, very-mediocre "Unabomber" movie. And the second was that Disney once again thought it was a great idea letting Simon Kinberg write a "Star Wars." #filmsky www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general... via @thr

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  • ScreenRant @screenrant.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    #RussellCrowe returned to #Netflix on September 26 with another dark crime drama, #Unabomber, and it has already become the number one trending movie on the platform! 🥇 Read More: bit.ly/4AAYI42

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  • Phil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    Netflix has gone back to the Unabomber story for the third time in a decade. But the new movie is largely unbothered about the thing that makes this grisly story topical: in a world of perma-surveillance, tech overlords & AI, anti-tech violence is on the rise. www.thenewworld.co.uk/phil-tinline...

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  • RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    "Nothing pushes the film forward except a couple of noteworthy performances from a sly Crowe and a temperamental Tremblay (the less said about the wooden Woodley, the better)." @812filmreviews.com reviews UNABOMBER:

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  • New York Magazine @nymag.comBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    Focusing primarily on the years Ted Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber, spent as a Harvard undergraduate, Netflix’s latest film about the notorious domestic terrorist is curiously empty. It feels like a huge missed opportunity.

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  • When To Stream @whentostream.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2026

    Netflix has announced the titles arriving on its platform in September 2026, including original movie premieres WHY DID I GET MARRIED AGAIN?, BEST OF THE BEST, and UNABOMBER. Plus, the SVOD premieres of STOP! THAT! TRAIN! and LIFEHACK. Here's the full list: whentostream.com/heres-whats-...

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  • lucindacatchlove.bsky.social @lucindacatchlove.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 14, 2026

    There's a (not unsympathetic) film about the Unabomber slated to be released this year, I wonder if they'll still release it? www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/unabom-...

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  • Erik Angner @erikangner.comBluesky · Jul 24, 2025

    In a new film about the Unabomber, Russell Crowe will star as the Harvard professor who subjected Ted Kaczynski to horrifying psychological experiments: www.netflix.com/tudum/articl... I predict the ”abolish IRB requirements” crowd will backtrack real fast.

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  • Historian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2026

    The Unabomber movie on Netflix is really good. I’m also afraid some of barely literate folks will watch it and think he had good points.

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  • James FBSI 🐸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇺 (Fanatic) @toplandscaper.eurosky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    Watching the new "Unabomber" film on Netflix Shailene Woodley gives another great performance as a maverick, intelligent female cop She also gave great performances this year in Paradise and with Alan Ritchson (Reacher) in Motor City She's always worth watching in any film or tv series

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  • Travis Hedge Coke @travishedgecoke.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    You don't have to give everything a chance. The house is currently watching the new Unabomber movie and I'm deliberately not paying attention because if he's not portrayed as a white supremacist I'll be pissed. I'm not trying to ban the movie, but self-preservation is worth pre-judging a movie.

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  • hmmadness.bsky.social @hmmadness.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    Let's hope this movie isn't a bomb as we check out Unabomber from 2026. Telling the tale of Ted K from Harvard until his capture. D: Janus Metz. #Filmsky #Nowwatching #Reelrank #Letterboxd

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  • Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    Netflix's new movie, Unabomber, has absolutely no point. And it's a total waste of Shailene Woodley and Jacob Tremblay's talent. Breathtakingly dull.

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  • stiffelman.bsky.social @stiffelman.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2026

    That Postal Inspectors movie could be exciting. The search for the Unabomber. Working title: “Postage Due.”

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  • Doc Gilgamesh @docgilgamesh.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 25, 2024

    So apparently on Reddit, someone asked "what's the [dumbest] thing your dad ever done?" and the most popular response was "Dad wrote a sequel to Jim Carrey's Grinch film filled with stolen jokes and 'written like the Unabomber manifesto' and he thought it was brilliant:

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  • Big Mike @michael-dagreat.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Finished watching Unabomber. Was not as bad as I expected it to be and was fairly accurate, at least the adult portion of the movie about Uncle Ted. Was waiting the entire movie for someone to say the line and they never did (it appears in print). This IRL audio at the end is the closest thing

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  • orbette @orbette.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    Right today's plans include watch this Unabomber film on Netflix, do spare room tidying (ruthless tidying), tommy soup and a cheese toastie for lunch, then more tidying, then silly telly then dinner. Smashing.

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  • Scalliewags @trollingstones.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    Unabomber film on #Netflix is very insightful and well made. Was living in US at the height of his terror; and yet his Manifesto is fascinating. And possibly valid in parts.

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  • Paul Tassi @paultassi.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    Netflix’s ‘Unabomber’ Arrives With A Disastrous Rotten Tomatoes Score www.forbes.com/sites/paulta...

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  • Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    The new movie Unabomber (2026) is an alright psychological thriller that's a new take on an overdone story that doesn't exculpate Kaczynski if that's something you're into

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  • metacritic @metacritic.comBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    Reviews are in for Unabomber starring Jacob Tremblay, Russell Crowe & Shailene Woodley. It’s available to stream on Netflix tomorrow. www.metacritic.com/movie/unabom...

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  • Vulture @vulture.comBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    Focusing primarily on the years Ted Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber, spent as a Harvard undergraduate, Netflix’s latest film about the notorious domestic terrorist is curiously empty. It feels like a huge missed opportunity.

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  • Bob @onthemound.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2026

    Just Watched the Unabomber Movie. #unabomber Enjoyed watching one of my favorite actors, Jacob Tremblay. Russell Crowe & Shailene Woodley also did a good job acting in this movie. I'd give the movie itself a 6/10 👍..... but then again I'm no Siskel, Hell I ain't even a Ebert.

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  • pöst-scött @buzzandhum.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Speak for yourself. I'm quite happy to consciously uncouple. But, damn, I have to admit, he's shown some really good performances of late. His role in that Unabomber film was superb.

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  • acallan1, god emperor of the Unites States @acallan1.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    If anyone has accidentally subjected themselves to the new Netflix "Unabomber" movie I need to hear your reaction to know I'm not crazy. If you haven’t by all means save yourself by devoting 97min to literally anything else

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  • Jon Walmsley @arghzombies.comBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    I watched that UNABOMBER Netflix film last night. It wasn't great, and it annoyed me for various reasons. "Let's retell that true story that everyone knows, but make up a bunch of stuff for dumb reasons, while also hinting at a much more interesting story that we'll just not go into any detail on"

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  • JP @handle.invalidBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    "Shailene catches the Unabomber" movie is, as expected, not great

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  • 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 @framerated.co.ukBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    Barney Page watched Netflix’s UNABOMBER, but unfortunately, this one misses the mark. While the true story behind Ted Kaczynski’s reign of terror is undeniably gripping, the film suffers from sluggish pacing and shallow character development. www.framerated.co.uk/unabomber-20...

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  • Jules @julessuretries.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    I watched the Unabomber movie on Netflix and it was so underwhelming. What a disappointingly mediocre movie. I have so few thoughts on it that my primary complaint is literally that I have so few thoughts on it. How do you make such a forgettable movie on a topic that is objectively interesting.

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  • Heavy Metal Hippie @heavymetalhippie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    I just watched the new Unabomber movie on Netflix. I recommend it but I do wish they spent more time on his ideas and how they weren't all that crazy even if his methods were.

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  • bmoredogz.bsky.social @bmoredogz.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2026

    Hate when people tell me I look like the Unabomber cause I got my hoodie up and my movie star sunglasses on. I cannot help that Ted Kaczynski had that shit on.

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  • Chris Yogerst @chrisyogerst.comBluesky · Sep 29, 2026

    Did anyone watch Unabomber? It's getting lit up in reviews, but the film does offer a compelling angle on Kaczynski. Looking at how these psychological tests at Harvard may have had a lasting impact is well worth looking at. My latest at MovieWeb: movieweb.com/unabomber-di...

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  • J.A. Killingsound @kislingconnection.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2026

    I'm watching the Netflox movie Unabomber and, boy, does it not look or feel right, which is odd, because they've made movies about the FBI and Harvard before. Like, it's 2026 and a movie can't look as good as The Paper Chase? Or Silence of the Lambs? Or Twin Peaks? Or The Social Network?

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  • Flamingal @flamingal.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    Watching the Unabomber movie and they just pronounced Helena as Hel-ay-na. 🤪

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  • Robert Cornwell 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 @rtcornwell.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    The Netflix Unabomber film seems to insinuate that Ted Kaczynski played the professor in that CIA study. That was a twist I didn’t expect. Was it what really happened? This would point to him being a monster at 16 and the CIA having no responsibly for his fracture mind.

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  • Philip @blumphy.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    Netflix original movie - UNABOMBER - a review Good - 8.8 pon 10

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