In according to "Citizen Kane" and "All the President's Men"

Rating: 8/10 (18 March 2008)

This movie is about the campaign of Senator McCarthy against the bad communists and the fight of CBS-journalists against his witch-hunt. It shows in a straight and at the same time also very difficult modality the stony way up to the truth. Today it's very difficult to believe that this is possible in the media scene of the USA in present (but that's my personal point of view as an non-American) and as well in many other countries, too. The movie shows in a real good wise the conflict of interests by finding out an uncomfortable verity and also the problem to make a established truth. Clooney did a great job as actor and director as well and the monologues of Edward R. Murrow are awesome. Ray Wise showed that his best work is always stand out in a crowd by playing a broken man (if you remember Twin Peaks). Only Jeff Daniels vulnerable the gravity 'cause i always must think about "Dumb & Dumber" (but don't take this to serious, it's my own funny feeling by watching this movie). All in all a very lovely movie which gives an deliver insight the work of critical reporters and their difficult activity, also if it had not really something in common with the real story of Senator McCarthy.