Whistleblowers Paradise

Rating: 9/10 (28 February 2010)

I guess the truth shall prevail... eventually. This was an excellent movie . Russel Crowe and Al Pacino were excellent together , especially the scenes where they were interacting. The dialogue was on target and the scenes prolific. You can tell the actors did not miss a beat and were comfortable with each other. Probably, Pacinos last exemplary performance. Wigand was a disgruntled former ex employee of a tobacco giant persuaded by Pacino to tell his story of the industry and its methods of getting people hooked on cigarettes. The details boring and irrelevant for the purpose of this review. Involved were the cigarette companies threats of litigation,violence and blackmail. CBS backed down and than we had a surprise whistleblower in Lowell Bergman- Al Pacino. Christopher Plummer was excellent as well playing '60 Minutes' anchor Mike Wallace. This screenplay hit the mark and highlighted the world of the investigative reporter as well as the News industry in general and the power the large corps have , as far as manipulating the newsworthy issues. Unfortunately, fascism is alive and well in America. Based on a true story, thankfully we still have a couple of men of integrity like Wigand and Bergman. Not exactly Woodward and Bernstein , but this film did have the feel of watergates scandal- 'All The Presidents Men', concocted a couple decades earlier.