Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Reviews Counted: 214
Fresh: 200 | Rotten: 14
A passionate and concise cinematic civics lesson, Good Night, And Good Luck has plenty to say about today's political and cultural climate, and its enseble cast is stellar.
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Critic Reviews: 45
Fresh: 43 | Rotten: 2
A passionate and concise cinematic civics lesson, Good Night, And Good Luck has plenty to say about today's political and cultural climate, and its enseble cast is stellar.
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George Clooney pays homage to one of the icons of American broadcast journalism, Edward R. Murrow, in this fact-based drama, which was Clooney's second feature film as a director. In 1953, Edward R. Murrow (played by David Strathairn) was one of the best-known newsmen on television as host of both the talk show Person to Person and the pioneering investigate series See It Now. Joseph McCarthy, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin, was generating no small amount of controversy in the public and private
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Cast
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David Strathairn
Edward R. Murrow -
George Clooney
Fred Friendly -
Robert Downey Jr.
Joe Wershba -
Patricia Clarkson
Shirley Wershba -
Frank Langella
William S. Paley -
Jeff Daniels
Sig Mickelson -
Ray Wise
Don Hollenbeck -
Tate Donovan
Jessie Zousmer -
Tom McCarthy
Palmer Williams -
Matt Ross
Eddie Scott -
Reed Diamond
John Aaron -
Robert John Burke
Charlie Mack -
Grant Heslov
Don Hewitt -
JD Cullum
Stage Manager -
Robert Knepper
Don Surine -
Glenn Morshower
Colonel Anderson -
Dianne Reeves
Jazz Singer -
Peter Jacobson
Jimmy -
Don Creech
Colonel Jenkins -
Alex Borstein
Natalie -
Simon Helberg
CBS Page -
Rose Abdoo
Millie Lerner -
Helen Slayton-Hughes
Mary
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All Critics (214) | Top Critics (45) | Fresh (208) | Rotten (14) | DVD (26)
A solid achievement.
Top CriticIt's a modest but powerful affair, and a fantastic mood piece.
... it telescopes -- with no loss of accuracy -- Murrow's last few fifties hurrahs as the hardest diamond in Bill Paley's 'Tiffany network.'
It's an interesting way to represent the past, though the use of space, actors, and archival footage seems more theatrical than cinematic.
Rarely moving a facial muscle except to exhale smoke and brimstone, Strathairn wonderfully recaptures Murrow's deadpan delivery style.
Clooney continues to improve as both a writer and director, showing huge advancement from his underwhelming 2002 helming debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
Untethered to any post-TV era is a conclusion that America gets too comfortable with the mental inactivity it enables. Edward R. Murrow's titular signoff begins as a trademark and ends as a challenge to a medium - one too often unmet today.
Lean study of the quandaries of asking questions in the media, and of crafting a political film in Hollywood
A film that will live on for years, because it bears a message about dissension, and the power of the press. A power that's faded.
Fascinating political drama, but won't interest most kids.
Provocative, principled and richly detailed, this is compelling stuff. Emotionally itâ(TM)s a little dry, but as brain-food, itâ(TM)s absolutely invigorating. George done good.
Dignified, intelligent filmmaking for liberal grown-ups.
Scrupulously journalistic, sometimes to its credit, sometimes to its deficit as a movie.
Good Night is not your average historical recreation. It doesn't dumb-down its story or its characters with needless explanation for the benefit of an under-educated audience.
proves that it is still possible in the cinema, if not in television, to inform without being boring and entertain without condescending.
bez obzira na plemenite namjere svojih tvoraca, ipak ne zaslu%u017Euje "Oscara", jer je iznevjerio visoke standarde objektivnosti koje pripisuje svom junaku.
Having your heart in the right place doesn't quite compensate for keeping your mouth somewhat shut and turning the volume down to an ideological whisper.
Clooney's excellent film uses the past to make today's media and their audiences address their responsibilities.
... a timely reminder of the consequences of failing to balance national security with personal liberties... (believability is) what really comes through on the screen...
It's both a crafty little picture and a forthright one -- a neat trick.
David Strathairn is terrific and with George Clooney's passion for his subject, they make [i]Good Night[/i] a satisfying comparison between the past and the present.
Many will see it as a cautionary tale: Don't let anyone else do your thinking for you. The truth is the thing. Cherish it and defend it.
more interested using the movie medium as a pulpit from which to pontificate...political beliefs rather than in telling a dramatically engaging story
Audience Reviews for Good Night, And Good Luck
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- Edward R. Murrow: Good night, and good luck.
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- Edward R. Murrow: We will not walk in fear, one of another.
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