Great story. Great performances by all.

Rating: 9/10 (5 October 2005)

MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
"When I walked away from the cinema, I thought: again a men's movie. I hardly saw a woman in it. This is, like we all know, the case a lot of times in movies."
Although the movie did feature men of power, the "men's movie" comment above struck me as funny because Dick Goodwin's WIFE tried in vain to convince him that a congressional investigation hearing without Van Doren "would be like Hamlet without Hamlet." Also, Herb Stempel's wife was an essential character and had a great line about her disgust at the cheating revelation and the feeling that she was just another one of the TV-audience "saps" that Herb lied to. Another female character was the woman who "beat" Van Doren; a highly- degreed, brilliant attorney -- perhaps somewhat of a rarity in those days.
The Van Doren confession to dad is classic.
Also, director Martin Scorcese played the part of the Geritol president perfectly!