Good Night, and Good Luck

Tali: Good Night, and Good Luck follows the true events surrounding Edward Murrow, who in the 1950's, became the first journalist to publicly stand up to the McCarthyism of the day (despite corporate and sponsorship pressure to do otherwise). I have always had a soft spot for stories wherein reporters uncover the great and sometimes uncomfortable truth about our governments (or corporations, etc) and Murrow is the OG in this regard. His words are incredibly powerful (and they are true to real life) and so effective in create change and disrupting the status quo. Though the film keeps up a slow and steady pace, they do eventually win the race by bringing us directly into this story, so much so that once the curtain falls, we do not want to leave. 88/100.

Leo: This film had lots of great elements which aided it in being a very worthwhile film. George Clooney has this very particular style with directing in that he chooses incredible stories to tell and tampers very little. Sometimes that's not good enough, which was a common criticism of his latest film, Monuments Men. This time, however; it was good enough. This story has a clear message and sells it quite well with aid from the words of Edward Murrow which are put together by Murrow himself extremely well and presented equally well by David Strathairn. I'll admit, the supporting cast would not add much if I wasn't such a big fan of Robert Downey Jr. or recognize the occasional "news worker #2" in the cast from more recent TV shows but all in all, this movie is definitely worth seeing, especially if you are into journalism and like hate governments and stuff. Leometer: 85/100.