fine but overrated

Rating: 6/10 (21 April 2006)

i mainly enjoyed this movie but i must say at times i felt like a documentary would have just worked better.
strathairn does a great job as murrow, no doubt, the entire cast was pleasant to look at but there was a lot of news coverage involved and most of the film was set "on air". i left the theatre wanting to see the real programming with the real murrow (at least mccarthy was real).
the subplot involving a married couple never really got to me and seemed a little misplaced.
i acknowledge clooneys great ambition and i would't dare to say he failed, but something was missing here. the film did indeed inspire conversation on broadcasting news now and then, but watching a documentary, i believe, would have given greater insight.