I'm tired of her dominating the scene, hijacking the camera, and turning in trans-formative performances. Yep, tiresome she is. She just might sneek in a NOM for playing Mary Mapes. Mapes is a 60 Minutes producer who got a hot lead on Dubya's National Guard record and dived in, head over heels, to prove the Dub wasn't worthy of a second term. This film laid it all out, according to Redford and producer Marty Sheen, and showed the utter destruction their failure to test and verify source documents reeked on CBS and their careers.
Blanchett was her usual out-of-the-park while Redford looked ridiculous as Dan Rather. I thought the script was good and the story edited well. It was a typical Redford regurgitation of conservatives gone bad which kind of limits the audience around here.
I would suggest a nice DVD or cable airing on a cold, miserable night when you politics need stoking. There were no winners in this film, as in reality, so get out yer hankies.
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Topic - 'Truth': Blanchett is getting tiresome . . . - Billy Wonka 20:56:51 11/02/15 (8)
- Its worth mentioning that this is Redford's second role as a journalist. - free.ranger 18:53:10 11/06/15 (1)
- you mean "All the President's Men" as Bob Woodward - PhilJ 06:50:26 11/08/15 (0)
- Reeked, or - Dingojazz 14:31:51 11/03/15 (4)
- Mr Grammar Fascist, that would be wreaked. * - Billy Wonka 21:19:26 11/04/15 (3)
- Fascism for fascists.. - Dingojazz 11:35:44 11/07/15 (2)
- I followed a creative writing path in school . . . . - Billy Wonka 13:46:45 11/08/15 (1)
- Last time I was in Oxford ... - free.ranger 16:58:15 11/08/15 (0)
- I have the same reaction to Jodie Foster flicks. - free.ranger 07:12:54 11/03/15 (0)