More Interesting Than Entertaining

Rating: 6/10 (11 November 2005)

"Good Night and Good Luck" is an interesting film re-enacting the feud between Edward R. Murrow and Joseph McCarthy. It is a part of American history I had heard about but was not familiar with the details.
Unfortunately, it isn't the most entertaining subject in the world. Most of the film consist of a bunch of people sitting around talking and smoking. There isn't much depth to the characters. All we really know about them is that they want to do what they think is right.
The photography, acting, and directing is all really good. George Clooney has a surprisingly good eye and creative ways to use the camera. At 93 minutes, it seems like they didn't have enough story to fill the time slot so they added some filler to stretch it out; although I liked the segments with Dianne Reeves.
"Good Night and Good Luck" is a decent, but somewhat overrated film.