Good Night, And Good Luck Reviews
February 12, 2020
In terms of historical content, the film is neither quite honest nor quite true. That's a shame, because it's a great film.
September 26, 2017
Shorn of flash and dazzle in a way Murrow would appreciate, Good Night, and Good Luck practises what it preaches. It might be the result of wires and lights in a box, but it feels like a slice of life.
February 27, 2008
Provocative, principled and richly detailed, this is compelling stuff. Emotionally it(TM)s a little dry, but as brain-food, it(TM)s absolutely invigorating. George done good.
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| Original Score: 4/5
October 14, 2006
A solid achievement.
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| Original Score: B+
July 1, 2006
That it's a film both timely and timeless goes without saying. Yet Clooney is too canny a storyteller to let didacticism obscure the complexities of Murrow's character.
June 24, 2006
It's a modest but powerful affair, and a fantastic mood piece.
February 18, 2006
It is all outstandingly performed and photographed.
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| Original Score: 3/5
February 14, 2006
A clever, quietly spoken little movie and a great pleasure to watch.
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| Original Score: 3/5
December 9, 2005
Good Night, and Good Luck. is the must-see event picture of the Fall.
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| Original Score: 4/4
December 9, 2005
... it telescopes -- with no loss of accuracy -- Murrow's last few fifties hurrahs as the hardest diamond in Bill Paley's 'Tiffany network.'
October 29, 2005
Manages a successful merger between gripping entertainment and understated cautionary tale.
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| Original Score: 4/5
October 29, 2005
It's an interesting way to represent the past, though the use of space, actors, and archival footage seems more theatrical than cinematic.
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| Original Score: 2/4
October 29, 2005
Rarely moving a facial muscle except to exhale smoke and brimstone, Strathairn wonderfully recaptures Murrow's deadpan delivery style.
Original Score: 3/4
October 28, 2005
Clooney continues to improve as both a writer and director, showing huge advancement from his underwhelming 2002 helming debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
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| Original Score: 3/4
October 28, 2005
Good Night, and Good Luck may be simplified history, but it's almost consistently well-crafted.
Original Score: 3/4
October 21, 2005
The best film of the year. More important, it's one of the most patriotic movies ever made.
Original Score: A
October 21, 2005
The bottom line on Good Night, and Good Luck? See it. Now.
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| Original Score: 5/5
October 21, 2005
Clooney's message is clear: Character assassination is wrong, McCarthy was a bully and a liar, and we must be vigilant when the emperor has no clothes and wraps himself in the flag.
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| Original Score: 4/4
October 20, 2005
Mr. Strathairn does capture much of Murrow's formal manner, particularly the measured cadences of his sentences.
October 20, 2005
A sleek broadcast journalism procedural.
Original Score: 3/4