Overrated

Rating: 5/10 (9 March 2006)

George Clooney - well there's an actor taking himself too seriously, taking to directing fictional films about subjects that would really be better produced as documentaries. Why is it that he felt it necessary to use only real film footage of McCarthy and not of Murrow? The clips of McCarthy were very telling to me. However, I know the vast majority of people would need to have the message interpreted for them by character development (by an actor playing the part - what a strange concept is that eh?) The black and white format is a mistake - yes people would have seen Murrow on black and white sets but he, the CBS and McCarthy certainly were not black and white. Did music also play whilst they walked down the street? This film jerks from scene to scene - George Clooney's clunking 'creative' directions do, as other contributors have noted 'break the tension'. Films need tension for heaven's sake! Go and see this film just to say you've seen it. It has no other merit except that maybe you'd like to see the real Murrow in action - a documentary filmmaker has a ready made audience....soon please.