Flawless

Rating: 10/10 (17 March 2006)

Good Night and Good Luck is one of those rare pieces of cinema that is both immensely important and immensely entertaining. It is one of the years best films and would be easily the best in almost any other year. 2005 was a brilliant year for movies with four masterpieces(And there are still more really good looking movies I have too see!) Good Night and Good Luck, Brokeback Mountain, Crash, and A History of Violence. Although Good Night and Good Luck is not the best of these films it is still simply breath taking. I considered George Clooney a very good actor before seeing Good Night and Good Luck, now I think he is a brilliant actor, director, and screenwriter. The performances are very strong with Clooney's supporting turn as Fred Friendly being the best. David Straithairn is also perfect as Edward R. Murrow while Jeff Daniels and Patricia Clarkson are also amazing in fairly small rolls. Clooney is a brilliant director and really needs to make more movies. Good Night and Good Luck is easily his best work to date as an actor or director and may end up being his crowning film.