Solid movie

Rating: 7/10 (29 January 2016)

A solid movie, though I was not fully captivated. The story emphasizes on the importance of a strong independent press. A very important story of course. The story of abuse in the Catholic church serves more as a vehicle to highlight this. The actors did a great job but to me they did not blend in as much as I would like them. Mark Ruffalo is just too much Mark Ruffalo as is Michael Keaton very much Michael Keaton. I would have added a few less known actors to the cast to make it more natural. To me Liev Schreiber was the most credible, Stanley Tucci (with hair!) did also a great job. Watching the movie it had a bit of a old fashioned feel of the 70ths, any moment Robert Redford could show up, and I think that is the reason I was not completely convinced. I was constantly reminded of All the president's men and that was just a better movie.