Winner: Everything we know about the latest Hulu movie starring Zack Galifianakis

Hulu's newest addition, Winner, is a biographical drama film about Reality Winner, an American U.S. Air Force veteran. The film centers on how Winner discovers Russia's reported interference in the 2016 American elections.

A fresh and comedic take on the political event, the film features Emilia Jones as Reality Winner, a Texan misfit who chooses to work for the U.S. Air Force and ushers unconventional ways of dealing with the workplace. Winner is a patriot and dreams of bringing change into this world, as she finds herself nose deep in the political stances and happenings of the country. The passion drives her to work for the NSA, and pushes the film's plot as she becomes a whistelblower regarding the alleged 2016 elections scandal.

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The film open with a scene that shows Reality Winner witnessing the 9/11 attacks' news broadcast, and asking her father why the countrymen don't speak to the hijackers. She talks about how there would be less frequent wars if we could just speak their language. This gives birth to her desire to learn Arabic, a skill she shows off in school when a teacher misinforms the class on a fact about the country.

Winner then shows how the teacher encourages her to enlist in the Army, something she is reluctant to do initially but soon accepts when she gets to know she would be a translator for humanitarian purposes. During her time in office, the film explores her career as she worked for the Force and the incidents that led up to her becoming a whistleblower.

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Directed by Susanna Fogel, the film masterfully whisks political themes with humor. While Jones plays the protagonist, Zach Galifianakis is cast as Ron Winer, Reality's father. The film is written by journalist Kelly Howley, who interviewed Reality on multiple occasions and utilized the information to write the script.

Winner has multiple strong moments, such as the scene where she gets the longest sentence in U.S. history for leaking the important documents. Fogel uses humor to water down the tension of the situation.

The film currently has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 54%, with many praising Jones' performance while other have criticized Fogel for diluting the depth of such a critical story to a comedic endeavor.

Winner is available to stream on Hulu.