Well researched docudrama

Rating: 8/10 (2 July 2006)

George Clooney's father was a newscaster and that background appears to be inform his approach to this docudrama about Edward R. Murrow and his desire to inform the American public of the excesses of Senator McCarthy.
There is a fine line between ideally cast actors and actors who use their skills to bring a character to life realistically. The actors in this carefully, yet delightfully underplayed movie realistically inhabit both the characters they inhabit and illuminate the paranoid 1950's brilliantly. I found myself completely immersed in the story and cannot ask more of any book or movie.
Unlike most Hollywood nonsense where the stars seem to constantly, barely escape ever more implausibly massive explosions, this movie relies on an ensemble of highly skilled actors gently crafting an extremely believable micro-universe.
The statements contained in the movies including an excerpt from a broadcast by President Eisenhower are relevant to the new millennium.