Fresh
A solid achievement.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Good Night, and Good Luck.
We will not walk in fear of one another.
2005 · 1h 33m · PG
Drama, History
Directed by
George Clooney
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
Overview
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
Director and cast
- George Clooney Director
- David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow
- Patricia Clarkson as Shirley Wershba
- George Clooney as Fred Friendly
- Jeff Daniels as Sig Mickelson
- Rose Abdoo as Millie Lerner
- Dianne Reeves as Jazz Sängerin
- Robert Downey Jr. as Joe Wershba
- Frank Langella as William Paley
- Ray Wise as Don Hollenbeck
- Robert John Burke as Charlie Mack
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's a modest but powerful affair, and a fantastic mood piece.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
... it telescopes -- with no loss of accuracy -- Murrow's last few fifties hurrahs as the hardest diamond in Bill Paley's 'Tiffany network.'
Ken Tucker, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Rarely moving a facial muscle except to exhale smoke and brimstone, Strathairn wonderfully recaptures Murrow's deadpan delivery style.
Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News
Rotten
It's an interesting way to represent the past, though the use of space, actors, and archival footage seems more theatrical than cinematic.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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