Excellent portrayal of a true story.

Rating: 8/10 (7 November 1999)

This was an excellent portrayal of the controversy surrounding the "60 Minutes" show that starred the tobacco company whistleblower, Dr. Jeffrey Wigand. Al Pacino was his normally intense self, and Christopher Plummer was extremely believable as Mike Wallace (to the point you forgot it was Plummer portraying Wallace). Fine job of acting, too, by Russell Crowe as Dr. Wigand.
[The only potential disaster was one of Dr. Wigand's daughters was that obnoxious little twirp from the Pepsi commercials. Fortunately, she had a minor role and did not remind you of her Pepsi character.]
The movie started slowly, but it did an excellent job building each of the characters. Some very intense scenes. A must see.