Excellent, but a few caveats

Rating: 8/10 (17 March 2006)

I loved this movie, but I have a huge issue with the fact that Clooney just jumps into the Murrow-attacking-McCarthy thread without illustrating very well what See It Now is all about. Clooney needs to take two or three minutes to establish what See It Now's normal news coverage is like to illustrate that Murrow's sudden editorial stance against McCarthy's commie witch-hunt is so unorthodox and profound. Personally, I think Murrow is a journalistic hero just as the movie portrays, however, without any context in which to place See It Now's McCarthy coverage, Murrow's stance comes off a bit like propaganda. That said, "Good Night and Good Luck" is a work of art unlike anything we've seen in the theaters in recent years. Excellent. Show this to your kids and anyone who doesn't quite get the parallels between McCarthy's witch-hunting and rhetoric coming from the White House today.