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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 3.32 out of 4 stars for Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
An unusual and absorbing, if somewhat preachy film. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Gorilla Pants (Melissa Prusi)Gorilla Pants (Melissa Prusi)
George Clooney dramatizes – kind of – one of television journalism’s proudest moments in Good Night, and Good Luck. The story of how Edward R. Murrow, Fred Friendly and their team at CBS news took on fanatical anti-Communist Senator Joseph McCarthy ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Gorilla Pants (Melissa Prusi)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for MediaScreen.comMediaScreen.com
By WADE GOSSETT Is it a George Clooney vanity project? Or is it a historical depiction of the real-life and very public conflict between television journalist Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and his 1950s House Un-American ...read the complete Good Night movie review at MediaScreen.com
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Cutting Edge Cutting Edge
De Amerikaanse geschiedenis zit volgepropt met juicy periodes die tot de verbeelding spreken van menig auteur, regisseur, muzikant… Maar één van de meest intrigerende van al, moet toch de Koude Oorlog en de op hol geslagen heksenjacht op communisten ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Cutting Edge
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for The Trades (Molly Bishop)The Trades (Molly Bishop)
"Good Night, and Good Luck," is set in the '50s. It's filmed in black and white, the nation is afraid of those evil Communists, television is in its infancy, and everybody smokes. If that makes "Good Night, and Good Luck" sound like a quaint but ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Trades (Molly Bishop)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for New York MagazineNew York Magazine
The best thing about frustration, or even downright contempt, is that you never know what sort of artistic eruption it might inspire. Take, for example, George Clooney versus Bill O’Reilly. O’Reilly has used his Factor twice to snipe at Clooney as a ...read the complete Good Night movie review at New York Magazine
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVDRAMADVDRAMA
Robert Elswit, le directeur de la photographie de George Clooney doit être au anges à la vue du transfert proposé ici par l’éditeur, s'il ne l'a pas supervisé lui-même. Son remarquable travail sur le noir et blanc se voit tout simplement choyé. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVDRAMA
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVDRAMADVDRAMA
Robert Elswit, le directeur de la photographie de George Clooney doit être au anges à la vue du transfert proposé ici par Warner, s'il ne l'a pas supervisé lui-même. Son remarquable travail sur le noir et blanc se voit tout simplement choyé. Les ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVDRAMA
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Bullz-Eye.comBullz-Eye.com
So “Good Night and Good Luck” isn’t perfect. Big deal. Clooney still comes out of this better off than he was before he made it, because with this movie, he’s shown that he has taste, skill, and no interest whatsoever in picking a project ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Georgia Straight (Ken Eisner)Georgia Straight (Ken Eisner)
The actor-turned-filmmaker's re-creation of 1950s New York is deftly provocative. The smoke-filled nightclubs and stark halls of power at William Paley's CBS (Frank Langella plays the saturnine boss) are rendered in deep-focus black-and-white, recalling ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Georgia Straight (Ken Eisner)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
The love/hate dynamic is always on our minds as we watch the See It Now crew – committed to serving the public interest, convenience and necessity – air a series of reports questioning the ethics of McCarthy's headline-grabbing witch hunt. To do so, ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)
New York, 1953. Successful CBS broadcaster Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) has a solid partner in Fred W. Friendly (George Clooney). They cross a journalistic line with the decision that the Communist witchhunts have become too destructive to be ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Good Night, and Good Luck has the visual feel of a chamber drama, with the majority of its action taking place in a handful of offices in the CBS building in New York, but the emotional gravitas of a morality play. Set in the early 1950s amid Senator ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
Director George Clooney and co-writer Grant Heslov recount the 1954 face-off between CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and Senator Joseph McCarthy on Murrow’s show See It Now. Clooney’s approach is frankly hagiographic (reflected in ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Jim Lane)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Political Film Society Political Film Society
Anti-Communist crusader Senator Joseph McCarthy rose to prominence in the early 1950s with the accusation that some 200 Communist Party members were employed in the United States government, though he never presented evidence or names. When attacked for ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Political Film Society
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for CBC.ca Arts (Jason McBride)CBC.ca Arts (Jason McBride)
One of the few good things to come out of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy was the sense, temporary or not, that the American news media had recovered some of the capability and relevance that it had long been missing. When Anderson Cooper and Brian ...read the complete Good Night movie review at CBC.ca Arts (Jason McBride)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
It's 1953 and Edward R. Murrow (DAVID STRATHAIRN) is the New York City based host of CBS News' "See it Now" and "Person to Person." Along with his producer Fred Friendly (GEORGE CLOONEY) and hard working staff that includes Don Hewitt (GRANT HESLOV), ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
Director-star George Clooney’s new film “Good Night, and Good Luck,” which opened the 2005 New York Film Festival with appropriate fanfare, is set in the 1950s, but it is disturbingly topical. With Clooney directing a convincing portrait of the ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVD Town (John J. Puccio)DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Among the multitude of films made in the last few years about real-life people--films covering singing stars, sports legends, writers, politicians, and academics--2005's "Good Night, and Good Luck," about newscaster Edward R. Murrow, ranks high on the ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for State of the Arts (Emrys Hughes)State of the Arts (Emrys Hughes)
You couldn’t pick a more appropriate time to release George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck. It’s about an American TV journalist who worked for CBS in the 1950s named Edward R. Murrow. Murrow made his name reporting from WWII London (the title ...read the complete Good Night movie review at State of the Arts (Emrys Hughes)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
An important film that needs to be seen and discussed -- and examined for the uncomfortable parallels it suggests with the world today. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies (Mr. Cranky)Mr. Cranky Rates the Movies (Mr. Cranky)
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ Data (--)ShowBIZ Data (--)
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)Providence Journal (Michael Janusonis)
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Annlee Ellingson)Boxoffice Magazine (Annlee Ellingson)
Good Night illuminates contemporary themes vis-a-vis the relationships among the media, government and parent corporations beholden to the bottom line. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Annlee Ellingson)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
We immediately appreciate Strathairn's focused intensity as Murrow, his slick black hair and the impression of undiluted integrity that he almost startlingly personifies. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
George Clooney has managed to make a movie that demonstrates the power and the limitations of the press and manages to entertain in the process. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at efilmcritic.com (Dan Lybarger)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine (--)Empire Magazine (--)
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Hero Realm (Stefan Halley)Hero Realm (Stefan Halley)
a smart movie, a rare species in Hollywood. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Hero Realm (Stefan Halley)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
George Clooney's second film as a director is a sharply scripted film with a terrific central performance from David Strathairn and a message that has lost none of its relevance in the last 50 years. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Des Moines Register (Jeffrey Bruner)Des Moines Register (Jeffrey Bruner)
Infused with so much class and coolness that the movie's political parallels and clever savaging of America's corporate media may slide right past many who see it. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Des Moines Register (Jeffrey Bruner)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for About.com (Jurgen Fauth)About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
A celebration of journalistic responsibility that speaks eloquently to our current moment. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
It doesn't sacrifice craftsmanship and elegance at the altar of its strong convictions. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
Given his reputation, David Strathairn is everything you expect as Murrow, practically inhabiting him. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Jam! Movies (Jim Slotek)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Variety (Todd McCarthy)Variety (Todd McCarthy)
A vital chapter of mid-century history is brought to life concisely, with intimacy and matter-of-fact artistry. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
Good Night, and Good Luck's primary handicap is history itself -- the toe-to-toe televised dialogue between McCarthy and Murrow was, however arguably vital to the Wisconsin senator's eventual retreat, brief and less than epochal. Even so, the wonderfully ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
Clooney and Co. have given us a civics lesson. But you could hardly ask for a better one. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Empire (Simon Crook)Empire (Simon Crook)
Provocative, principled and richly detailed, this is compelling stuff. Emotionally it's a little dry, but as brain-food, it's absolutely invigorating. George done good. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Empire (Simon Crook)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Oregon Herald (Mark Sells)Oregon Herald (Mark Sells)
Methodically and purposefully demonstrates the importance of impartial journalism. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Oregon Herald (Mark Sells)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Panorama (Jean-François Vandeuren)Panorama (Jean-François Vandeuren)
George Clooney nous livre en définitive un superbe plaidoyer qui ne passe pas par quatre chemins pour remettre en question le rôle de la télévision. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Panorama (Jean-François Vandeuren)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Film Snobs (Jimmy O)Film Snobs (Jimmy O)
Clooney nicely documents the beginning of the end of the Freedom of Press and makes a fascinating film in the process. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Film Snobs (Jimmy O)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaca)Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaca)
... mais do que um filme interessante e eficiente; é uma lição cívica como aquelas que o próprio Murrow se encarregava de ministrar em seu programa. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaca)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Doncinema.com (Flavio J. Arosemena)Doncinema.com (Flavio J. Arosemena)
Es un drama humano, cuyo impacto es resaltado por la veracidad de los hechos exhibidos en la pantalla. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Doncinema.com (Flavio J. Arosemena)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
It's a calm, modest movie, very much like the character at its center. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
We may recognize that the film is something of a nicotine-stained hagiography; but such recognition doesn't dilute the power of the ideas that Clooney has chosen to champion. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
As overflowing as an ashtray with details that are so ingrained into the whole as to become almost invisible but which are critical to mood and tone. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
In 2005 the moral lessons feel just like live news. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Part docu-drama, part thriller, and part cautionary tale, the movie offers something to everyone who craves more than escapism from the cinema. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
This is unmistakably a political movie, and the modern-day parallels are incessant and obvious, but hardly inaccurate. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Phoebe Flowers)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Hindsight being what it is it is easy to forget just how much of a risk Murrow and Friendly were willing to take. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Zap2it.com (Dan Fienberg)Zap2it.com (Dan Fienberg)
It's literate and dense with detail, even if some viewers will feel irked by the absence of characterization. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Zap2it.com (Dan Fienberg)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr)Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
A hermetically sealed period piece so intensely relevant to our current state of affairs that it takes your breath away. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Peter Howell)Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Clooney continues to improve as both a writer and director, showing huge advancement from his underwhelming 2002 helming debut Confessions of a Dangerous Mind . ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
A sleek broadcast journalism procedural. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
... a timely reminder of the consequences of failing to balance national security with personal liberties... (believability is) what really comes through on the screen... ...read the complete Good Night movie review at MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
Clooney's script doesn't venture far from the news desk. ... If anything's lacking here, it's a little insight into (Murrow) himself away from his news cronies. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Do you respect the corporate line or do you cross it? Clooney, who in his life wears the hats both of the entertainer and the 'actorvist,' gives us an intelligent, electric film that knows this question is as timely now as it was for Murrow. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
There's no sense of nostalgia to the picture, no wistful romanticism or longing. Instead, the movie has a steely, dead-serious vitality -- a sense of immediacy and urgency that makes it seem it could be happening right now. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
While networks can no longer fire people for wedding a co-worker and the once-terrifying threat of Communism has long since evaporated, many of the other problems addressed in 'Good Night' are still startlingly relevant. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Kalamazoo Gazette (James Sanford)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
Clooney makes an elegant argument that something of vital interest is still at stake in this story. It would take a stubborn soul to disagree. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
We're not sure if Strathairn is playing Murrow or channeling him. Either way, we're impressed. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
In ninety-three tight, terrifically exciting minutes, Clooney makes integrity look mighty sexy. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Christianity Today (Stefan Ulstein)Christianity Today (Stefan Ulstein)
Many will see it as a cautionary tale: Don't let anyone else do your thinking for you. The truth is the thing. Cherish it and defend it. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Christianity Today (Stefan Ulstein)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Lawrence Journal-World (Jon Niccum)Lawrence Journal-World (Jon Niccum)
When Murrow cautions viewers they should 'not be driven by fear into an age of unreason,' the film seems more culturally relevant than anything playing at the multiplex. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Lawrence Journal-World (Jon Niccum)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Rarely moving a facial muscle except to exhale smoke and brimstone, Strathairn wonderfully recaptures Murrow's deadpan delivery style. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
Stylish and insightful, Good Night, and Good Luck offers vital lessons from our nation's political and broadcast history. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Good Night, and Good Luck may be simplified history, but it's almost consistently well-crafted. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...believes in something that perhaps only the child of a former television news anchor ... could believe in: that TV news can save the nation. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Part drama and part civics lesson, Good Night, and Good Luck is an entertaining slice of American political and cultural history. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for MTV (Kurt Loder)MTV (Kurt Loder)
An admirable film; it tells an important story, and it's stoked with obvious conviction. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
David Strathairn is terrific and with George Clooney's passion for his subject, they make [i]Good Night[/i] a satisfying comparison between the past and the present. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Everyone will know this film as the one directed by and starring George Clooney, but the real star is the relatively unknown, but immensely talented, David Strathairn. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Standing up to bullies is hard, and not everyone who does stays standing ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
On balance, the virtues of Good Night, and Good Luck far outpace its detriments though it does offer handholds for those who would attack it on political grounds. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Philip Martin)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
The triumph of this spare and elegant drama is that it feels like an instant classic, displaying old-school filmmaking flair as timeless as the story is timely. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)
There is a privileged, fly-on-the-wall quality... ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Tail Slate (Sarah Vance)Tail Slate (Sarah Vance)
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Good Night, and Good Luck may be simplified history, but it's almost consistently well-crafted. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
This is a picture about a turning point in the media that also helped force a turning point in history, and a movie that asserts, by example, that contemporary news media have let us down. But any old schmo with a point of view can make a polemic. What's ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Herald (James Verniere)Boston Herald (James Verniere)
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Voir.ca Voir.ca
Début des années 50. La télévision a encore le biberon au bec. Elle ne mettra pas de temps à voir ses premières dents percer. Tête de proue de l'émission d'affaires publiques See It Now, Edward R. Murrow déclare la guerre au sénateur Joseph ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Voir.ca
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for kids-in-mindkids-in-mind
Historical drama taking place during the 1950s and depicting the real-life and very public conflict between television journalist Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. David Strathairn stars as ...read the complete Good Night movie review at kids-in-mind
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Considering how nonplussed I was left by George Clooney's directorial debut, I'm all the more admiring of how superior his sophomore effort is. Beside his presence in one of the main supporting roles and a general interest in recreating old television ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film Monthly (Matt Vasilauskas and Aaron Riccio)Film Monthly (Matt Vasilauskas and Aaron Riccio)
In the closing minutes of George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck, Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) is given the opportunity to speak at his own tribute. As a famous reporter, most noted for his stand against the tyrannical Senator Joseph ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Film Monthly (Matt Vasilauskas and Aaron Riccio)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Sunday Online, Australia (Peter Thompson)Sunday Online, Australia (Peter Thompson)
George Clooney's Good Night, And Good Luck has sparked a noisy, I hesitate to call it a healthy, debate in the United States about the legacy of Senator Joe McCarthy and the role of the media in public life. The hero of the story is Edward R Murrow, ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Sunday Online, Australia (Peter Thompson)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Zertinet Movies (David M. Johnson)Zertinet Movies (David M. Johnson)
As a rouge Senator threatens the very fabric of society, one reporter has the gall to run an objective news story on the man. Cue the deep music with a lot of bass, pan across as our hero blows up acouple of cars and you've got an action film. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Zertinet Movies (David M. Johnson)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film Journal InternationalFilm Journal International
For his second directorial outing, George Clooney has chosen to dramatize the televised face-off between Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joe McCarthy during the communist "witch hunts" of the 1950s. The film has a fluid, affable manner (not unlike Clooney ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Film Journal International
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Verdict (James A. Stewart)DVD Verdict (James A. Stewart)
Good Night, and Good Luck isn't Murrow's story, but concentrates on the events before and after the historic broadcast in which Murrow's See It Now showed clips of McCarthy in action, highlighting the senator's tactics in prime-time (the hearings he ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVD Verdict (James A. Stewart)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Verdict (Dennis Prince)DVD Verdict (Dennis Prince)
Good Night, and Good Luck recounts the weeks during 1954 in which esteemed CBS television journalist Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn, Missing in America) confronted the unscrupulous tactics of self-appointed Communist hunter, Sen. Joseph McCarthy. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVD Verdict (Dennis Prince)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
I generally enjoy political dramas or thrillers, and I generally enjoy most anything that involves the uber-charming George Clooney, but this film didn’t entirely bowl me over, in fact, after a while it started to feel more like a documentary, with ...read the complete Good Night movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for allesfilm.com (Miriam Daill)allesfilm.com (Miriam Daill)
Amerika 1953. Das Fernsehen startet gerade so richtig durch. Fernsehjournalist Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) präsentiert die Nachrichtensendung „See it now“ auf CBS, die der Quotenrenner des Senders ist. Fred Friendly (George Clooney), ...read the complete Good Night movie review at allesfilm.com (Miriam Daill)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Haro OnlineHaro Online
As a director, George Clooney takes a huge step forward with Good Night, and Good Luck, his recounting of CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow's experiences during the end Senator Joseph McCarthy's Communist witch hunt in the 1950s. His first directorial ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Haro Online
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
“Good Night, and Good Luck” is not a biopic about Murrow but a treatise in the integrity of the press – something sorely lacking now in the media – and its duty to stand up to government repression of our inalienable constitutional rights. The ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Review e-zineDVD Review e-zine
Based on real events, in "Good Night, And Good Luck" we witness how CBS television anchor Ed Murrow (David Strathairn) decided that he had enough of McCarthy and his henchman J. Edgar Hoover bullying innocent Americans into exile and destroying the ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVD Review e-zine
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for CineScene.com (Chris Dashiell)CineScene.com (Chris Dashiell)
Good Night, and Good Luck tells the story of Murrow's brave 1953 decision to attack Senator Joseph McCarthy on his prime-time news show, See It Now. George Clooney directed the film, and co-wrote the script with Grant Heslov. He has chosen an ...read the complete Good Night movie review at CineScene.com (Chris Dashiell)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
This earnest and thought-provoking quotation ends George Clooney's film Good Night, and Good Luck, a stirring tribute to the idealism, courage, and integrity of television journalist Edward R. Murrow, who from 1953 to 1954 took on Senator Joseph McCarthy ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
That's what Good Night, and Good Luck. feels like, a smooth, sardonic smack in the face of today's so-called newspeople, the cinematic equivalent of a withering glare and a disdainful roll of the eyes. Oh, this is an angry movie, calm and collected on ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Flick Filosopher (MaryAnn Johanson)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Filmspiegel (Reinhard Prosch)Filmspiegel (Reinhard Prosch)
1953 in den USA. Der einflussreiche Senator Joseph McCarthy inszeniert eine landesweite Hexenjagd gegen vermeintliche Kommunisten und Andersdenkende, klagt Unschuldige in Schauprozessen an und zerstört ganze Existenzen. Auch im Newsroom von CBS ist die ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Filmspiegel (Reinhard Prosch)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Steve RhodesSteve Rhodes
One of the most controversial and most often referenced events of the last century in the U.S. was the hearings that gave birth to the dreaded word of "McCarthyism." GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK chronicles the successful attempt by "See It Now" host Edward ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Steve Rhodes
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
All good social commentary needs historical relevance, but writer/director/actor George Clooney takes this concept to extreme measures in Goodnight and Good Luck, his unashamed attack on conservatism. Using the verbal battle between CBS newscaster Edward ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Video Reviews with Joan EllisVideo Reviews with Joan Ellis
When Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin decided to hurl his handful of accusations across the fertile ground of the new Cold War, everybody listened. He announced to the Senate, press and public that, “There are 200 card carrying communists in the U. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Video Reviews with Joan Ellis
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for www.filmrecensiepagina.nl (Wilko de Bruin)www.filmrecensiepagina.nl (Wilko de Bruin)
De film begint in 1958 met een gala ter ere van televisie journalist Edward R. Murrow ( David Straithern). Van daaruit zijn we getuige van het schimmige spel dat heeft plaatsgevonden tussen de media en de politiek. Samen met zijn collega's en producent ...read the complete Good Night movie review at www.filmrecensiepagina.nl (Wilko de Bruin)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for BBC FilmsBBC Films
Golly, would you look at all these gongs? George Clooney's recreation of the televised battle between journalist Edward Murrow (David Strathairn) and the fear-mongering senator Joseph McCarthy has been feted with so many awards and nominations that its ...read the complete Good Night movie review at BBC Films
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Raging Bull Movie Reviews (Mike Lorefice)Raging Bull Movie Reviews (Mike Lorefice)
Edward R. Murrow reminds us what news is supposed to be, and perhaps once was, a non-aligned group who fights to keep the powerful working in and for the best interest of the public. The past is meant to comment on the present with Murrow once again ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Raging Bull Movie Reviews (Mike Lorefice)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Observer (Philip French)The Observer (Philip French)
Edward R Murrow, as revered a figure in American broadcasting as Richard Dimbleby is in ours, was initially famous for his Second World War radio coverage of the Blitz, his pieces crackling across the Atlantic from a Britain under siege. Like Alistair ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Observer (Philip French)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
For those who may not be familiar with the spectacular saga of Edward Murrow v. Joseph McCarthy, it goes something like this: Murrow does some anti-McCarthy broadcasts on his CBS news program. McCarthy gets really angry. Murrow gets demoted. The end. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)
Like a cadaverous matinee idol, holding his cigarette aloft at eye-level with an aesthete's fastidious poise, Ed Murrow dominates the screen. Murrow was the legendary American newsman - superbly played here by David Strathairn - who in 1953 took ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Time OutTime Out
I’m still to be convinced by one recent newspaper’s breathless assertion that we’re living in a golden age of Hollywood – a few â€serious’ prestige movies don’t add up to a glittering new movement – but there are certainly some promising ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Time Out
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Kamera.co.uk Kamera.co.uk
Good Night, and Good Luck looks at America in the early fifties, when Senator Joe McCarthy was chairing the anti-Communist witch-hunts. It was a period which affected the Hollywood community deeply, with many filmmakers blacklisted while others named ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Kamera.co.uk
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Kamera.co.uk Kamera.co.uk
Good Night, and Good Luck. looks at America in the early fifties, when Senator Joe McCarthy was chairing the anti-Communist witch-hunts. It was a period which affected the Hollywood community deeply, with many filmmakers blacklisted while others named ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Kamera.co.uk
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Mike D'AngeloMike D'Angelo
If admirability were excellence, Good Night, and Good Luck, George Clooney's scrupulous account of the coaxial slugfest between CBS newsanchor William Murrow and red-baiting demagogue Joseph McCarthy (R-WI), would be the movie of the year. Appropriately ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Mike D'Angelo
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Bright Lights Film JournalBright Lights Film Journal
Good Night, and Good Luck begins with CBS legend Edward R. Murrow subjecting a black-tie crowd of network big shots to a withering denunciation of their own decadence. As the camera scans across their fat, graceless faces, Murrow informs them that the ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Bright Lights Film Journal
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Luciana Morelli)CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Luciana Morelli)
Ecco quello che avrebbe dovuto essere il film d'apertura della Mostra del Cinema di Venezia 2005 e non è stato. Il film in concorso diretto e interpretato da George Clooney - "Good Night, and Good Luck." - ha dato finalmente lo scossone giusto a questa ...read the complete Good Night movie review at CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Luciana Morelli)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
None-too-subtly implies Murrow could easily be talking about the present day. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
An entertaining slice of American political and cultural history. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
The result, then, is good, not great. But it is hard to come by good films about media and politics, and why the intersection thereof matters so much in a democracy. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Mediajonez (Michael Dumas)Mediajonez (Michael Dumas)
The film chronicles a short period in the career of journalist Edward R. Murrow (masterfully portrayed by David Strathairn), one of the most revered and respected newsmen in American history. Murrow began his career in broadcast journalism on the radio, ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Mediajonez (Michael Dumas)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
George Clooney's film "Good Night, and Good Luck," is an essential historical document; without propagandizing or trivializing, without relying on either distortion or omission, it takes as its subject the short moment - from the fall of 1953 through the ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for VarietyVariety
A vital chapter of mid-century history is brought to life concisely, with intimacy and matter-of-fact artistry in "Good Night, and Good Luck." In his second directorial outing, George Clooney pays tribute to the golden era of black-and-white '50s ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Variety
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film e Dvd Film e Dvd
Nel 1953 Edward Murrow, giornalista della CBS in cerca di una storia da raccontare, si imbatte nella vicenda di un pilota della marina, Milo Radulovich, espulso dall’esercito senza un motivo ragionevole, e soprattutto senza un processo. Murrow si ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Film e Dvd
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
It was when McCarthy made the mistake of taking on prominent television journalist Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) of the popular CBS program, See it Now, that his Red Scare rallying began to unravel. This is where Good Night, and Good Luck focuses ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Juicy Cerebellum (Alex Sandell)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar CineasteCinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
One way --and probably the most effective one-- to present important American history to younger generations is by packaging it into a dramatic context. Include excellent actors performing at their peak and the effectiveness of the lesson increases. For ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for James BowmanJames Bowman
Why I should have expected anything other than an exercise in media triumphalism from Good Night and Good Luck, I don’t know, but I did. Silly me. If I had seen the advertising tag-line before I saw the movie, I’d have known better. "In A Nation ...read the complete Good Night movie review at James Bowman
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Beth Gilligan)Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Beth Gilligan)
Actors’ passion projects often have the unfortunate tendency of morphing into insufferable vanity pieces. Having witnessed him radiate self-satisfaction through the duration of Ocean’s Twelve, I had every reason to believe that George Clooney, ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Beth Gilligan)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Though I'm not fully convinced that cool and jazzy is the way to go with one of the great civil-rights battles of 20th-century America, George Clooney's elegantly muted take on Edward R. Murrow's fight with Joe McCarthy offers many riches, notably a ...read the complete Good Night movie review at LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)
Yet the McCarthy/Murrow conflict in the picture is not pressing enough--these days, anyway--to justify the considerable skill expended on it. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)
Where "Quiz Show" elevated its story to the level of Shakespearean tragedy, Clooney's film is too lightweight to reach such tragic heights. In part, it's too short--at 90 minutes, including musical interludes and lengthy monologues taken whole-cloth from ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for The Hollywood Reporter (Ray Bennett)The Hollywood Reporter (Ray Bennett)
Moviegoers who know their American political history will respond to the film's immediacy and forgive the film's tight focus and narrow view. Anyone hoping for an entertaining drama about newsmen and politics along the lines of "All the President's Men" ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Ray Bennett)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Fulvue Drive-inFulvue Drive-in
George Clooney’s second film as director has a forerunner in his live TV reenactment of Sidney Lumet’s Fail Safe that just did not quite work. He has taken his fascination with black and white images and found another tale affiliated with TV, but ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Fulvue Drive-in
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
This film was seen at the 43rd New York Film Festival, September 2005 George Clooney’s Good Night, And Good Luck. is a particularly curious film, one that is more intangibly provocative and useful than concretely so, but certainly admirably ...read the complete Good Night movie review at d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Film Ireland Film Ireland
George Clooney's second feature-length directorial outing is a stunning success. He learned from his first outing, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and spent a little more time in the editing room and a little less on screen. Good Night, and Good Luck. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Film Ireland
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for reVisionreVision
Più di qualcuno si oppose al maccartismo, a rischio non solo della propria incolumità, ma anche dell'impossibilità di vivere, lavorare, esistere sul suolo statunitense. Celebri e meno celebri, come lo sceneggiatore John Howad Lawson coraggiosamente ...read the complete Good Night movie review at reVision
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for CNN Showbiz (Paul Clinton)CNN Showbiz (Paul Clinton)
This time, Clooney has used that leverage to make "Good Night, and Good Luck." It's a small-budgeted movie ($8 million, peanuts in today's Hollywood) with a big topic: the historic battle between the legendary CBS newsman, Edward R. Murrow, and Senator ...read the complete Good Night movie review at CNN Showbiz (Paul Clinton)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Straight, stark, to the point. Takes ten or so minutes to warm into, but soon enough harnesses a quiet excitement. It's the same kind of excitement that stirs in a film about an underdog football team that challenges the standing champions. But, it's ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)
The film's tight shots and incessant cigarette smoke don't give the material or the audience much room to breathe. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)
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