I felt like I was treated well by this film

Rating: 10/10 (7 October 2005)

This is a well made film with excellent portrayals, tight script, clean direction, and well edited scenes. It is also beautifully filmed in B&W--great use of real footage and interesting montage work. And the topic is timely and handled without over sentimentality.
Clooney, who seems to have come into his own here, is not heavy handed with thw topic, in the ways seen perhaps most recently in the Aviator. He does not tell all of Murrow's story, nor does he take the operatic approach that Mann did in the other recent film about CBS and the news. All to the credit of the work.
Strathairn is brilliant as Murrow and masterful in his use of restraint, which is perfectly suited to the role and Murrow's own handling of the situation. The ensemble of other actors are used well. The respresent a team of newspeople, but working well as a team of actors.
Leaving the Senator to real footage from the 50s makes him seem both real and emphasizes the showman he sought to be.
Loved the use of the jazz vocalist.