Pretty fantastic

Rating: Null/10 (2 October 2012)

Sometimes it pays off being in a film class when you don't do anything else besides watch a film. Good Night, and Good Luck is a great one. Clooney's direction is astute, the pace careful and steady, and the editing exceptional. It's also worth noting that it's not so much a biographical film of a man, and instead a biographical film of an important key time. The entire cast delivers, but the real star here is David Strathairn, whose portrayal is that of a brooding, serious, yet charismatic man just trying to get the truth across. If I have seen Strathairn anywhere before, I certainly don't remember, and that's because it doesn't feel so much of a performance rather than the actual person from the time period. It's not a showy one, but at no time does he come across as anything other than Edward Murrow. Overall, a great film.