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Good Night, And Good Luck

Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)

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93

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.

96

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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Movie Info

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

PG,

Drama

George Clooney, Grant Heslov

Mar 14, 2006

$31.5M

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All Critics (214) | Top Critics (45) | Fresh (208) | Rotten (14) | DVD (26)

A solid achievement.

October 14, 2006 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor
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It's a modest but powerful affair, and a fantastic mood piece.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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... it telescopes -- with no loss of accuracy -- Murrow's last few fifties hurrahs as the hardest diamond in Bill Paley's 'Tiffany network.'

December 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Magazine
New York Magazine
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It's an interesting way to represent the past, though the use of space, actors, and archival footage seems more theatrical than cinematic.

October 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comments (2)
Chicago Reader
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Rarely moving a facial muscle except to exhale smoke and brimstone, Strathairn wonderfully recaptures Murrow's deadpan delivery style.

October 29, 2005
San Jose Mercury News
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Clooney continues to improve as both a writer and director, showing huge advancement from his underwhelming 2002 helming debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

October 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
Toronto Star
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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.

September 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Suite101.com
Suite101.com

Lean study of the quandaries of asking questions in the media, and of crafting a political film in Hollywood

September 1, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
CinePassion

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.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed
Cinema Crazed

Fascinating political drama, but won't interest most kids.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

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.

February 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

Dignified, intelligent filmmaking for liberal grown-ups.

February 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

Scrupulously journalistic, sometimes to its credit, sometimes to its deficit as a movie.

February 14, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
eFilmCritic.com

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.

July 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound
Big Picture Big Sound

proves that it is still possible in the cinema, if not in television, to inform without being boring and entertain without condescending.

July 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film
Eye for Film

bez obzira na plemenite namjere svojih tvoraca, ipak ne zaslu%u017Euje "Oscara", jer je iznevjerio visoke standarde objektivnosti koje pripisuje svom junaku.

June 21, 2007 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | Comments (2)
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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.

February 10, 2007 Full Review Source: WBAI Web Radio
WBAI Web Radio

Clooney's excellent film uses the past to make today's media and their audiences address their responsibilities.

January 20, 2007 Full Review Source: Observer [UK]
Observer [UK]

... a timely reminder of the consequences of failing to balance national security with personal liberties... (believability is) what really comes through on the screen...

December 30, 2006 Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com
MovieCrypt.com

It's both a crafty little picture and a forthright one -- a neat trick.

November 11, 2006 Full Review Source: The Nation
The Nation

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.

September 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Cinema Sight
Cinema Sight

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.

August 25, 2006
Christianity Today

more interested using the movie medium as a pulpit from which to pontificate...political beliefs rather than in telling a dramatically engaging story

August 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Cinema Writer
Cinema Writer

Audience Reviews for Good Night, And Good Luck

Forgetting the flaws stylistically moves to the relevance of the film, which seems 100%. The performance of David Strathairn as our key character matches up directly with the image that comes to mind when we try to imagine a 1950s broadcast journalist: straightforward and strictly serious. Furthermore, there is the smoking, which in this film, may be a bit too noticeable. If one were to gather this filmâ(TM)s entire ninety minutes and splice out every second that did not present cigarette smoke wafting its way through the air, I guarantee the spliced-out footage would not add up to a mere sixty seconds. The fact that the more recent MPAA certified such a smoky with a PG rating and failed to include the word âsmokingâ? in the explanation, is purely ridiculous.
August 4, 2011
spielberg00

Super Reviewer

A brilliant depiction of a controversial chapter of American history. Wonderful direction quick script and an excellent performance by David Strathairn. Contains tiny little flaws such as; parts of the plot are a little unclear-other than that well worth the watch.
September 1, 2006
SarahG1988

Super Reviewer

    1. Edward R. Murrow: Good night, and good luck.
    – Submitted by Abdulmalik A (11 months ago)
    1. Edward R. Murrow: Good night, and good luck.
    – Submitted by rob g (2 years ago)
    1. Edward R. Murrow: We will not walk in fear, one of another.
    – Submitted by rob g (2 years ago)

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