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Movie critics combined give Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) a score of 3.3734 out of 4
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for La Presse, Montréal (--)La Presse, Montréal (--)
...read the complete Good Night movie review at La Presse, Montréal (--)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)
The crusading spirit of director Stanley Kramer ( Judgment at Nuremberg ) lives on in director George Clooney's matter-of-fact but ardent dramatization. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Film-Forward.com (Kent Turner)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Magazine (Ken Tucker)New York Magazine (Ken Tucker)
Clooney may be a specialist in embattled camaraderie--he helped revive "Ocean's Eleven," after all--but as in that caper remake, there's no depth to these characterizations, and Downey and Clarkson are squandered in a goes-nowhere subplot about their ...read the complete Good Night movie review at New York Magazine (Ken Tucker)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
There is no external score, no wham-bam flashy edits or quick, showy camera movements. It's a straight up, honest look into this world. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
While the lack of context may make the film slightly unintelligible for a younger and less history savvy audience, the acting more than makes up for it. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Uruguay Total (Enrique Buchichio)Uruguay Total (Enrique Buchichio)
Un valioso testimonio sobre una época controversial (con inquietantes referencias a la actual política de Estados Unidos), filmado en extraordinario blanco y negro y con estupenda labor de David Strathairn. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Uruguay Total (Enrique Buchichio)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
It's an interesting way to represent the past, though the use of space, actors, and archival footage seems more theatrical than cinematic. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Isn't nearly as hard-hitting as it wants to be or as penetrating as it should. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Rigorous and principled. . . but neither provocative nor stylish enough to inspire. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)
more interested using the movie medium as a pulpit from which to pontificate...political beliefs rather than in telling a dramatically engaging story ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Perihelion Journal (Jay Antani)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Time (Richard Schickel)Time (Richard Schickel)
There is more to the intertwined stories of Murrow and McCarthy than this simpleminded, rhetorically driven movie begins to encompass. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Time (Richard Schickel)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
The film, therefore, is like a child's view of these events, untroubled by complexity, hungry for myth and simplicity. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema BlendCinema Blend
The McCarthy era, an infamous blemish on American history, comes back to haunt us in George Clooney’s feature Good Night, and Good Luck. Senator McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Community in the early 1950’s sent the country on a wild ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Cinema Blend
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Cinopsis Cinopsis
Comment, dans les années 50, Edward R. Murrow, le présentateur du journal télévisé de CBS de l'époque, et le producteur Fred Friendly contribuèrent à la chute du sénateur Joseph McCarthy, à l'origine de la tristement célèbre chasse aux ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Cinopsis
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Independent (Anthony Quinn)The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
In one way, I would like nothing more than for people to see Good Night, and Good Luck, digest its impeccable liberal values and delight in its smoky black-and-white loveliness. Then again, I couldn't hold my thumbs aloft to something this ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Independent (Anthony Quinn)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for CinemaBlend.com (Lexi Feinberg)CinemaBlend.com (Lexi Feinberg)
Good night, good luck, and good riddance. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at CinemaBlend.com (Lexi Feinberg)
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Overall Rating:
3.3911
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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3.3734
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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