A brilliant, mesmerising & thought-provoking film!

Rating: 10/10 (25 February 2006)

I saw 'Goodnight & Good Luck' last night - a superb film. Intelligent, relevant & thought provoking! Kudos to George Clooney - who wrote the screenplay, directed it & played an important supporting role in the film.
The black and white cinematography was amazing! The film is about the famous American CBS journalist Edward R Murrow & his fight against notorious red-baiting witch hunter Senator Joseph McCarthy (who made Matthew Hopkins seem like uncommitted amateur ) his smear tactics & unconstitutional methods.
It grips you from the start & is absolutely mesmerising. The whole cast is brilliant! David Strathairn gives a stunning, totally faultless performance as Murrow, & there are outstanding performances by Robert Downey Jr, Frank Langella, Jeff Daniels, Ray Wise & Clooney himself! Special mention to jazz singer Dianne Reeves who sings some classic 1950s standards throughout the film. The soundtrack really helps centre the film in the early 1950s era & creates the late night New York atmosphere brilliantly.
Highly recommended!!!! Its such a pity this film didn't win anything at last week's BAFTAS. Hope the Academy Awards give it some sort of recognition.
George Clooney has shown he's a film maker of integrity & he's made an exceptional film. He's an actor who could have coasted along his looks, but he didn't take the easy route of action films & romantic comedies. I think he'll prove to be a long-term player in the film industry.
Who'd have thought this after the awfulness that was 'Batman & Robin'...
What a guy!