a true story I knew about but the movie made me care

Rating: 9/10 (1 February 2016)

This movie isn't really a movie I usually would want to watch but the Oscar buzz had me watching it. And wow it is very good, it hit me on an emotional level and my jaw dropped some times.
It's about a team of journalists and all of them are very good actors. It is very logical that Ruffalo and McAdams got their nominations because they're among the best actors in movies this year. However Keaton, Schreiber, Slattery, Tucci and others are also great. Just for the performances alone it's worth the watch.
The way they handled the source material is also very well done I think and it's a very compelling and moving story. I knew bits of the story but after this movie I felt bad for everything that happened. Some reveals in the movie had me dropping my jaw or even say "Oh My God" just because it was unbelievable. The movie is very well directed and edited to become one of the year's best.
The only reason you may not like it is because it's a movie with a lot of talk and not much actions. It's very much dialog driven so if you don't like that, you may not enjoy the movie. Even though the actors make the dialogs very interesting and compelling but that is what I think.
Anyway, that is without spoiling what I thought of it. I give it a 9/10 because it was really good and definitely worth watching.