One of the few movies which makes it matter and makes it count.

Rating: 9/10 (21 September 2014)

I finally saw the movie last night in one stretch. Have always missed the beginning or the end or the middle when it comes on TV. And I was engrossed and as drawn in this time round, even though I knew what was going to happen.
Without giving too much about the plot, Jeffery Wigand (Russell Crowe), decides to blow the whistle on his employees, a big tobacco company. And he chooses to do so on America's premiere Television News show, 60 Minutes, which is produced by Lowell Bergmann.
The script by Eli Roth and Michael Mann is tight and has some intelligent writing. This was possibly Mann's triumph in using hand held camera work, which has in the last few years adapted by people like Winterbottom, Greengrass and Liman.
But the film's aces are the actors...and all of them. Led by the paranoid and even guilt ridden Russell Crow who must make the choice between family and his conscience. Crowe's body language, his nervous twitches steal the show the much seasoned Al Pacino, who delivers a usual strong performance. Christopher Plummer too has some great moments of acting.
Overall a great film. A must watch for all, especially in today's climate, where news is not we are made to believe it is, and as Al Pacino says, 'Heros are scarce!'