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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema BlendCinema Blend
t's 1953, and respected journalist Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn), along with his colleagues (George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr., Frank Langella) at the CBS show See it Now decide to break away from the tradition of ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Cinema Blend
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
One may argue that this isn't exactly honest -- that painting a man as a saint is no better than demonizing him. Although there's something to that, I prefer to see this as mythologization, something movies have been good at since their beginning. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for PM Media Review (Mark Runyon)PM Media Review (Mark Runyon)
Good Night and Good Luck is one of the year's best releases, marking an important film about journalistic responsibility. The press has always served as the unofficial fourth branch of government, ferreting out graft and corruption whether it's ...read the complete Good Night movie review at PM Media Review (Mark Runyon)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Everything is right about this film. It works on all levels. It is entertaining, thought provoking, intelligent, well casted, compelling and good to look at thanks to cinematographer, Robert Elswit. The film is shot in black and white and it works ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
The biggest little movie of the year - and one of the best ever about the news media. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Vividly re- creates TV news icon Edward R. Murrow's historic face-off with Sen. Joseph McCarthy in devastatingly low-key detail -- is the right movie at the right time. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Newsweek (David Ansen)Newsweek (David Ansen)
It's a passionate, serious, impeccably crafted movie tackling a subject Clooney cares about deeply: the duty of journalism to speak truth to power. It also happens to be the most compelling American movie of the year so far. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Mike Clark)USA Today (Mike Clark)
The only things missing from making this showdown worthy of a Western is Murrow's sheriff's badge, a dusty street and maybe a spittoon for McCarthy's infamous invectives. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at USA Today (Mike Clark)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Dallas Observer (Jean Oppenheimer)Dallas Observer (Jean Oppenheimer)
A riveting movie that's as entertaining as it is socially and politically important. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Dallas Observer (Jean Oppenheimer)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
You go to Good Night, and Good Luck expecting inspiration, and you get it. It's also unexpectedly subtle, tense, and challenging, complex both in its take on its subject and in its craftsmanship. So the movie brings you to your feet - and, at times, to ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The other key character is McCarthy himself, and Clooney uses a masterstroke: He employs actual news footage of McCarthy, who therefore plays himself. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
It'll preach mainly to the choir - lazy thinkers won't attend, despite George Clooney's attachment as director and actor - but maybe it'll wake a few sleepers. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
Robert Downey Jr. and Patricia Clarkson as Jenny Darmondy in Good Night, And Good LuckGeorge Clooney makes a bold move and raises tough issues in the meticulously recreation of a seminal chapter in television history, when broadcast journalist Edward R. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
David Strathairn is spellbinding as the determined and courageous Murrow. This is a subtle, effective, Oscar caliber performance from an actor who's paid his dues. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Blunt Review (Emily Blunt)Blunt Review (Emily Blunt)
Good night , and goodluck is a stunning, uniquely timely, piece that gloriously interweaves real behind the story stories 'tween Murrow & Senator McCarthy... ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Blunt Review (Emily Blunt)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Houston ChronicleHouston Chronicle
For Good Night, and Good Luck is an instant classic, a concise, mesmerizing drama of assured skill and conviction that uses a celebrated episode in television's past to ask unsettling questions about its future. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Houston Chronicle
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for hoopla.nuhoopla.nu
Confining events to the CBS newsroom was a brave undertaking, but of course this simply means that the script must be that much better. In Good Night, and Good Luck. such constrictions almost work perfectly. I was at times a little bored, particularly at ...read the complete Good Night movie review at hoopla.nu
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Soundwaves Cinema (Alton Lee)Soundwaves Cinema (Alton Lee)
George Clooney cemented his “cooler than an artic freezer” status years ago. He successfully moved past the 80s mul-fro-let hairdo, past the contemporary Ceasar in ER, and right into the coolness-doesn't-caredo. What does this have to do with ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Soundwaves Cinema (Alton Lee)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Edwin JahielEdwin Jahiel
First things first. This film is the best U.S. movie of the last year. It has been nominated for the forthcoming Oscars. My guess is that the prize will go to the very good "Brokeback Mountain" but my own vote is for "Good Night, and Good Luck". It went ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Edwin Jahiel
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVDwolf (Rob Paul)DVDwolf (Rob Paul)
Taking place during the early days of broadcast journalism in 1950’s America, a chronicle of the real-life conflict between television news man Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVDwolf (Rob Paul)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for CinemaZone.dkCinemaZone.dk
Geroge Clooney debuterede med den skæve og vellykkede Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, og han skærper formen med det præcist formulerede politiske drama Good Night, and Good Luck., der kigger nærmere på den journalistiske kamp mellem ...read the complete Good Night movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Gate.ca (W. Andrew Powell)The Gate.ca (W. Andrew Powell)
Good Night, and Good Luck is a fantastic movie. It is well written (by George Clooney and Grant Heslov) it is well directed (also by George Clooney) and it is exceedingly well acted (yep, Clooney is one of the co-stars as well). And not only that - this ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Gate.ca (W. Andrew Powell)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
In the absorbing docudrama Good Night, And Good Luck, co-writer/director George Clooney helms an ambitiously earnest and well-informed biopic that tells a scathing tale regarding the sordid Golden Age of television. Everything about Clooney's and fellow ...read the complete Good Night movie review at MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Future Movies (Adrian Mackinder)Future Movies (Adrian Mackinder)
Set in the smoke-filled, coffee fuelled early days of US broadcast journalism (no change there then), Good Night, And Good Luck is the true story of how CBS news anchor Edward Murrow locked horns with the Communist witch hunts of Senator Joseph McCarthy ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Future Movies (Adrian Mackinder)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
George Clooney must really love 2006 so far. The actor, once criticized for his “head down, eyes up” acting style has really done a 180 in terms of his career. I remember reading an interview with him about 6 years ago in which he remarked that ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
“Good Night, and Good Luck” is the story of Edward R. Murrow, once the voice of the war and an early television personality. Murrow (David Strathairn), a trusted and respected journalist, took on Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the whole “Communist” ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
As his live television production of “Fail-Safe” showed, George Clooney has an interest in recreating drama with a sharp, fifties/sixties-style sensibility. He also has a desire to express his very distinct--and markedly liberal--political views. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for culturevulture.net, Choices for the Cognoscenti culturevulture.net, Choices for the Cognoscenti
George Clooney leaps into the top ranks of writer/directors with Good Night, and Good Luck, a smart, pointed, timely and superbly realized biopic about broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow's courageous confrontation of the sleazy, destructive political ...read the complete Good Night movie review at culturevulture.net, Choices for the Cognoscenti
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Clinic (J. Andrew Hosack)DVD Clinic (J. Andrew Hosack)
In 1953, TV was still a child and fear was gripping the country. A fearless broadcaster took a stand and made news instead of reporting it. The story is a part of American history. This is the story of Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) facing the ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVD Clinic (J. Andrew Hosack)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Mixed Reviews: The Arts, The World, and More (Ned Depew)Mixed Reviews: The Arts, The World, and More (Ned Depew)
The new film from George Clooney - in his role as actor/co-writer/director - is a challenging, daring effort that is thoughtfully-conceived and beautifully-made. Working with co-screenwriter Grant Heslov, Clooney has crafted a tightly-written script, to ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Mixed Reviews: The Arts, The World, and More (Ned Depew)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for St. Louis Post-DispatchSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
Meet Edward R. Murrow, movie star. "Good Night, and Good Luck" not only gives us the first big-screen incarnation of the pioneering broadcaster, it gives us an image of Murrow that is a Hollywood glamour shot in glorious black-and-white. As embodied by ...read the complete Good Night movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
A theatrical movie infused with the energy of live TV.... Good Night, and Good Luck. reminds us that, when played right, journalism is a dangerous game. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
I love this movie so much I wanted to go up and hug the screen when it was over. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (Nell Minow)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
A piece of urgent nostalgia. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Jonathan R. Perry)Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Jonathan R. Perry)
We relied on Edward R. Murrow for his calm, his unflappable integrity, in times of both crisis and elation. 'Good Night, and Good Luck' reminds us why we need him now. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) (Jonathan R. Perry)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) (Mark Pfeiffer)TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) (Mark Pfeiffer)
Good Night, and Good Luck. is a riveting newsroom entertainment that beckons [Murrow's] successors to follow his lead. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) (Mark Pfeiffer)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
It is like being shot back in time and witnessing historical events as they happened. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Gene Seymour)Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Strathairn's Murrow is poised at the center of this quiet whirlwind and this 'actor's actor' deftly weaves many aspects of the broadcaster's mercurial personality within the movie's tight time frame. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
The use of the archival footage -- and director George Clooney's willingness to let it play out -- imbues the film with a historical heft that is more than a little unnerving. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Now Playing Magazine (Brent Simon)Now Playing Magazine (Brent Simon)
Clooney’s film makes the powerful point that public watchfulness and accountability... are an integral part of a robust, working democracy. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Now Playing Magazine (Brent Simon)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)
"...director Clooney has fashioned a masterpiece..." ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
"Good Night, and Good Luck" is an incubator of a movie, designed to be insular, and it's terrific. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
George Clooney knocks the ball out of the park with his second directorial effort... ...read the complete Good Night movie review at ColeSmithey.com (Cole Smithey)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Straightforward and stirring but not preachy. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Supercala.com (John Venable)Supercala.com (John Venable)
Masterfully crafted, wonderfully acted, and an undeniably cutting commentary on fear in the 50s that resonates even louder today. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Supercala.com (John Venable)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
aA channeled, rigorous tribute. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Mr. Clooney doesn't sacrifice story and theme for sermonizing, which is perhaps Good Night 's most impressive feat. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Dallas Morning News (Chris Vognar)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Good Night, and Good Luck says two things, at least, and they are worth repeating: There is always the chance for one good man to make a difference. And in 1954, Edward R. Murrow did. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Contra Costa Times (Randy Myers)Contra Costa Times (Randy Myers)
Everything in the movie feels like the real deal, from the wood paneling in the waiting room of Paley's office to the perilous amount of cigarette smoking lingering on- and off-camera. The dialogue is razor-sharp. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Contra Costa Times (Randy Myers)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
Clooney drains the story of most of the stirring sentimentality and rousing rightness that could have bogged it down. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Fresno Bee (Donald Munro)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
As Cassius infamously stated - “'he fault dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves.' But somehow it sounds more potent coming from Edward R. Murrow. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
Good Night, And Good Luck. is a labor of love that resonates extremely well in today’s political climate. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at FromTheBalcony (Bill Clark)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Strathairn is just perfect, giving a contained performance that fairly vibrates with his need to elucidate politics for the American people. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Good Night, and Good Luck. is the must-see event picture of the Fall. It is breathlessly exciting, reexamining with acute detail a moment in our nation's history that should not, can not, be forgotten. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Stunning drama, both as historical artifact and as a still-relevant cautionary tale on both political and media fronts. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
The political themes are broad enough to speak to today's audiences while allowing the film a lengthy shelf life. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
The most engaging, gripping and compelling movie of the year ...read the complete Good Night movie review at FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
[It] reminds us of the promise of television journalism at its best, and just how far today’s TV news has fallen short. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Good Night, and Good Luck stands, tall, solid, impressive and expressive joining not only the best films about journalism, but also those about real Americans. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Uri Lessing)efilmcritic.com (Uri Lessing)
Seeing the real McCarthy’s thinning hair, desperate face, and unsubstantiated pontifications serves as a strong reminder of what unchecked sententiousness looks like. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at efilmcritic.com (Uri Lessing)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
See it, to see what the news once was -- and to see what movies can be. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
... An eloquent cautionary tale... ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
While the harmfulness of McCarthyism is a significant part of the film, it approaches the subject by examining the power of the media. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
The bottom line on Good Night, and Good Luck ? See it. Now. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for E! Online (--)E! Online (--)
God bless George Clooney. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at E! Online (--)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for musicOMH (Danuta Kean)musicOMH (Danuta Kean)
Murrow is the hero of Clooney's docudrama, based on the great American broadcaster's Titanic struggle to expose rapacious political thug Senator Joe McCarthy as an enemy of the state. McCarthy was a man prepared to sacrifice civil liberties, free speech ...read the complete Good Night movie review at musicOMH (Danuta Kean)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Off-screen Off-screen
Good Night, and Good Luck è il secondo film da regista di George Clooney, e arriva dopo il fortunato esordio di Confessioni di una mente pericolosa, vecchio ormai di un paio d’anni. L’opera seconda del divo americano cade molto distante dall’area ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Off-screen
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
Ah, George Clooney. Over the years, he has managed to create a tabloid image of himself as the playboy bachelor and bon vivant with the luxurious manse on Italy's Lake Como. He is the one member of Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven cast who seems to ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Reel.com
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for BBC FilmsBBC Films
George Clooney was Oscar-nominated as both director and co-writer of Good Night, And Good Luck "a clever, quietly spoken little movie" centring on 50s newscaster Edward Murrow (played by the Oscar-nominated David Straithairn). The story of his ...read the complete Good Night movie review at BBC Films
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Look at how he came at McCarthy: He showed clips of the man speaking, then pointed out significant errors in fact that McCarthy had made. What TV newsman actually calls anyone on their errors nowadays? Who actually says, "No, that's incorrect, and ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for In Film AustraliaIn Film Australia
Superstar actor, producer (and now director) George Clooney sure does wear his politics on his sleeve. The charismatic leading man who now certainly packs a bit of clout in Hollywood has thankfully left behind formulaic fluff (One Fine Day, The ...read the complete Good Night movie review at In Film Australia
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
George Clooney makes a bold move and raises tough issues in the meticulously recreation of a seminal chapter in television history, when broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow dared to challenge Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his Red Scare fear-mongering on his ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Frank's Reel ReviewsFrank's Reel Reviews
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Moviecrazed.com (Guy Flatley)Moviecrazed.com (Guy Flatley)
Thanks to a seamless mix of brief but crucial archival footage and compelling re-enactments of real-life events, proof of McCarthy’s flair for verbal terrorism is now brought chillingly back to life in “Good Night, and Good Luck.” Shot in ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Moviecrazed.com (Guy Flatley)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Must See Flix (Craig Brown)Must See Flix (Craig Brown)
It is not difficult to see what drew George Clooney to the story of TV journalist Edward R. Murrow and his decision to go after Senator Joseph McCarthy and his anti-communist witch hunt during the 1950’s. As the son of a TV journalist himself, Clooney ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Must See Flix (Craig Brown)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (Julian Roman)MovieWeb (Julian Roman)
The clash between mainstream media and government has been a cornerstone of American society since its conception. The media’s role as a watchdog has helped to shape society and brought common sense when policy has gone dangerously awry. “Good ...read the complete Good Night movie review at MovieWeb (Julian Roman)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for FilmFocus.Co.UK (Joe Utichi)FilmFocus.Co.UK (Joe Utichi)
George Clooney's second directorial turn, following Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, is altogether a more challenging film than its predecessor. Challenging not only for Clooney himself, who this time takes on a weighty supporting role on top of his ...read the complete Good Night movie review at FilmFocus.Co.UK (Joe Utichi)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for World Socialist Web SiteWorld Socialist Web Site
Edward R. Murrow is one of those public figures for whom the adjective legendary, often attached to his name, is not altogether out of place. The American broadcast journalist, whose career spanned the quarter century from 1935 to 1961, stands out as a ...read the complete Good Night movie review at World Socialist Web Site
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filethirteen.comfilethirteen.com
First things first: If you do not know the story of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Red Scare in 1950's America, then educate yourself. Read a book, rent a documentary, go on the net, do whatever it takes to learn all you can about this important moment ...read the complete Good Night movie review at filethirteen.com
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Click here to listen to the interview with David Strathairn. In a lesser film about Edward R. Murrow and the way he used television to bring down Joseph McCarthy, there would have been the obligatory unburdening scene with his wife. He would articulate ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Mediasearch, Australia Mediasearch, Australia
Director and co-writer George Clooney gives us a fascinating and compelling film about a subject which gripped the Cold War period in the 1950s, and a theme that, in a different context, still resonates in the 21st century. America was draped by a war of ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Mediasearch, Australia
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmrezension.de (Michael Dlugosch)filmrezension.de (Michael Dlugosch)
TV-Journalist Edward R. Murrow und sein Team erkannten 1953, dass sie Stellung beziehen müssen. Die Kommunistenjagd, angetrieben von Senator McCarthy, artete aus, die Menschenrechte gerieten in Gefahr. Regisseur George Clooney setzt der Medienikone ...read the complete Good Night movie review at filmrezension.de (Michael Dlugosch)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Parent PreviewsParent Previews
Easily considered one of the best-made films of 2005, Good Night, and Good Luck may be accused of championing news media or being a metaphor for current political situations. Hopefully audiences will instead see and hear the message of how ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Parent Previews
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Comingsoon.netComingsoon.net
In 1958, during television's infancy, Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) took on the government, questioning the witch hunt tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy at outing communist sympathizers on his show "See It Now." Their on-air conflict captured the ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Comingsoon.net
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Sean O'Connell)Flipside Movie Emporium (Sean O'Connell)
Some will apply their own politics to it, but they're missing the point. This is an incendiary attack on complacency, a thorough defense of television's former influence in the days before reality contests and the tabloid trappings of E! Good ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Sean O'Connell)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
During the closing credits of "Good Night, and Good Luck." - co-writer/director George Clooney's spot-on portrait of the war of words between CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy - an older man, who looked like he could easily ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmdeculte.com (Robert Hospyan)filmdeculte.com (Robert Hospyan)
Probablement le transfuge le plus célèbre des années 90, George Clooney a depuis longtemps prouvé la valeur de son passage du petit au grand écran. Par ailleurs, il a gardé un rapport intime avec la lucarne qui lui a donné naissance. On se ...read the complete Good Night movie review at filmdeculte.com (Robert Hospyan)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Post-GazettePittsburgh Post-Gazette
The joke was on them, and in a sense, it's on all of us. Clooney didn't hire an actor to play McCarthy in his sobering black-and-white drama about the "Red-baiting" senator's historic clash with TV journalist Edward R. Murrow. Archival footage shows ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
In one of showbiz's more remarkable career about-faces, actor George Clooney has transformed supporting parts in TV's "The Facts of Life" and "Return of the Killer Tomatoes" into a breakthrough role in TV's "ER" and, ultimately, after admitted missteps ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Tiscali UKTiscali UK
It is apparently not enough that George Clooney is ridiculously handsome and an engaging actor, he now proves himself to be a gifted director to boot. The promise he showed with his debut, Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, has been more than fully ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Tiscali UK
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"Good Night, and Good Luck" is a movie about a group of professional newsmen who with surgical precision remove a cancer from the body politic. They believe in the fundamental American ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Insiders (Stephen Les)Entertainment Insiders (Stephen Les)
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK tells the story of how CBS came to challenge the authority of Senator Joseph McCarthy during the height of his power as hunter of communists. It elicits the atmosphere surrounding the decision and places its source firmly in the ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Stephen Les)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Spinning Image (Harlan Whatley)The Spinning Image (Harlan Whatley)
Based on a screenplay by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Clooney does a great job of directing not only himself, but other fine actors portraying the pivotal puppets of the McCarthy era in America. The story evolves around the relationship between ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Spinning Image (Harlan Whatley)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Co-written and directed by George Clooney (who also takes a supporting role), Good Luck, and Good Night. follows broadcast journalism pioneer Edward R. Murrow (David Straitharn) as he and fellow reporters at CBS take on Senator Joe McCarthy, the ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Movie-Vault.com (Mel Valentin)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD MovieGuideDVD MovieGuide
Of the five 2005 nominees for Best Picture, Good Night, and Good Luck looked like the one that would most appeal to me. I love learning about 20th century history, and the issues surrounding the Communist “witch hunts” of the late Forties and early ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVD MovieGuide
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Home Theater Info (Doug MacLean)Home Theater Info (Doug MacLean)
Murrow is the hero of Clooney's docudrama, based on the great American broadcaster's Titanic struggle to expose rapacious political thug Senator Joe McCarthy as an enemy of the state. McCarthy was a man prepared to sacrifice civil liberties, free speech ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Home Theater Info (Doug MacLean)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for artechock (Svenja Alsmann)artechock (Svenja Alsmann)
Sie haben grade ihre schärfste Waffe abgefeuert - eine Sendung, die einer journalistischen Kriegserklärung an Senator Joseph McCarthy gleichkommt. Und... Nichts. Keine Reaktion, die Leitungen scheinen zu schweigen. Alle sind verdutzt. Bis ein ...read the complete Good Night movie review at artechock (Svenja Alsmann)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
Good Night, and Good Luck has a small-scale time-capsule fascination, yet its hermeticism is really a form of moral caution -- a way of keeping the issues neat, the liberal idealism untainted. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Entertainment Weekly
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)Detroit News (Tom Long)
The sad conclusion of Good Night is that while we have made no more room for Murrows in this world, the potential for McCarthys lingers. In which case, good luck indeed. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Oregonian (Shawn Levy)Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
This is a good-looking, powerfully acted, deeply felt and deeply committed film about issues of political exigency and press freedom that are, as your car mirrors say, closer than they appear. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Mark Plante)The Cinema Source (Mark Plante)
When I was in college I studied journalism for awhile because I thought that might be the path for me. It was a chance to uncover the truth to make our country a better place; that sounded noble. I had teachers who were qualified and whom I learned a ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Cinema Source (Mark Plante)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City Deseret News, Salt Lake City
"Good Night, and Good Luck" is the kind of film that should be seen by as many people as possible — and for reasons beyond the obvious technical accomplishments and entertainment value. This fact-based drama has much to say about the current ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Of all that's occured in Hollywood in the past several years, one of the more interesting things has been the change seen in George Clooney's career, from the "head down, eyes up" actor of "The Peacemaker" and "Batman and Robin" to a much more capable ...read the complete Good Night movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for EDGE Boston (David Foucher)EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
Clooney’s second film as a director is ambitious and brilliant, but ultimately proves somewhat dry and inaccessible. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at EDGE Boston (David Foucher)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
Stirring yet understated. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
Strathairn is riveting. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for digitallyOBSESSED.com (Jon Danziger)digitallyOBSESSED.com (Jon Danziger)
As the new face of CBS News, Katie Couric has some legendary shoes to fill, and we're not talking just about Bob Schieffer's loafers. For the patron saint of the news division of the Tiffany Network—for all of broadcast news, really—is Edward R. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Jon Danziger)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Talking Pictures (UK)Talking Pictures (UK)
Framed by a 1958 speech to broadcast executives in which he warned that the media was losing its soul to commercial interests, George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck shows the candor of CBS-TV newsman Edward R. Murrow and, by implication, how it has ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Talking Pictures (UK)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Cinema Source (Mark Plante)Cinema Source (Mark Plante)
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
To many journalists, Edward R. Murrow has become a kind of god, a sober and serious-minded man who could carry on a journalistic crusade - not because he thought it would boost ratings but because he believed in what he was doing. Murrow's radio ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
Senator Joseph McCarthy was the junior senator from Wisconsin. Afraid of losing his senate seat, McCarthy started a Communist with hunt against mostly Democrats. Anyone he attacked eventually lost their election and soon everyone was afraid of crossing ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Mark Plante)The Cinema Source (Mark Plante)
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Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.64 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-Intelligencer
A paragon of subtlety. Yet this message is exactly what we carry out of the theater, and it lingers on with a powerful resonance. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Couldn't be more unlikely, more unfashionable -- or more compelling. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (A.O. Scott)The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
He [Clooney] has found a cogent subject, an urgent set of ideas and a formally inventive, absolutely convincing way to make them live on screen. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.56 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Langella is terrific in a small but critical role as CBS president William Paley, although the one essential problem with the film is that it never clearly delineates the jobs fulfilled by the cluster of other newsroom employees that are always huddled ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Premiere (Glenn Kenny)Premiere (Glenn Kenny)
David Strathairn, playing Murrow, follows his writers' lead beautifully, delivering a performance that's all understatement on the surface and searing fire underneath. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Premiere (Glenn Kenny)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide (Ken Fox)
That the film should have the look and feel of a classic teleplay by, say, Rod Serling, is probably no accident -- the style is one more reminder of just how regrettably short of Murrow's vision we've fallen. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at TV Guide (Ken Fox)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Like other actors who successfully create a cinematic doppelganger of a real person, Strathairn gets under the character's skin. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty," warns broadcast newsman Edward R. Murrow, his gimlet eye piercing the television camera and, by implication, the jugular of his subject, Sen. Joseph McCarthy. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.52 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 3.52 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr)Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
A puzzle: 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 3.50 out of 4 stars for Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
A fascinating look at a period of time, Good Night, and Good Luck works just fine so long as it stays off its soap box. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)
George Clooney’s second feature-directing effort, Good Night, and Good Luck, is the fact-based tale of hard-smoking, integrity-defining television journalist Edward R. Murrow’s on-air tussle with paranoid, power-abusing, Red-hunting Senator Joseph ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
Clooney weaves in archival footage ... letting McCarthy play McCarthy, as if to say, 'See? I’m not making this up.' The problem is, in some places, he is making it up. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 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.The BackgroundIt’s tempting to believe that George ...read the complete Good Night movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
A passionately committed, superbly acted and smartly presented tribute to iconic CBS newscaster Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and his battle over the air with witch hunting and red-baiting Senator McCarthy, who was engaged in an obsessive mission ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
That's hardly a unique message. The question becomes what to do about it. In the wake of commercialism that is far more concerned about profits than education, what can any one person do? The NPR listeners and PBS watchers are already attuned ...read the complete Good Night movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ Data
Another film eliciting much passion this weekend is the polar opposite of Wallace & Gromit. Good Night, and Good Luck, co-starring, co-written and co-directed by George Clooney, concerns CBS newsman Ed Murrow's 1954 clash with Communist-hunter Sen. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Movie ChicksThe Movie Chicks
It's 1953 and television is a long way from the days of 24-hour news channels. One of the early pioneers of news programming is broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn), who hosts a program called "See It Now" on CBS. Murrow works ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Movie Chicks
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Latino ReviewLatino Review
As a graduate of Edward R. Murrow High School, I readily admit I share a personal interest in George Clooney’s new film. “Good Night, And Good Luck” is a heartfelt docudrama which depicts the historical conflict between Murrow and Senator Joseph ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Latino Review
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
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 Magazine [UK]
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
Good Night, and Good Luck is a thoroughly entertaining movie, always interesting and well paced. In saying ...read the complete Good Night movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for FilmJudgeFilmJudge
At a time when America was gripped by Senator McCarthy and his Communist witch-hunts, CBS host Edward Murrow (Strathairn) and his production team began to question the Senator's methods and intentions. Concerned by the standard of McCarthy's evidence ...read the complete Good Night movie review at FilmJudge
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Edward R Murrow (Strathairn) was the pride of CBS Television in 1953, so when he and producer Fred Friendly (Clooney) decided to confront Senator Joe McCarthy over his communist witch-hunt methods, the network boss (Langella) stood behind him. This was a ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Friday & Saturday Review Friday & Saturday Review
“Good Night, and Good Luck” isn’t so much about McCarthyism as it is an open criticism of television in general. Moreover, it is a visualization of those famous words spoken by Edward R. Murrow in 1958 when he was receiving some big prize, using ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Friday & Saturday Review
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Does George Clooney have a box-office death wish? You have to wonder why the star of Ocean's Eleven would risk his standing as a pinup for ka-ching to direct, co-write and co-star in a movie set in the 1950s, shot in black-and-white and focused on a ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Set in the '50s, Good Night, and Good Luck tells the story of television journalist Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn). Like the recent Capote, the film chooses to focus on one specific event in its subject's career, rather than stumbling through a ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie GuideTV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Could actor-writer-director George Clooney's smart reenactment of the 50-year-old fracas between a courageous newsman and a paranoid, power-mad U.S. senator be the most politically relevant Hollywood film of 2005? It just might: The on-air brawl in ...read the complete Good Night movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for MovieMaze.de (Markus Ostertag)MovieMaze.de (Markus Ostertag)
Anfang der 50er Jahre verbreiteten Senator Joseph McCarthy und sein Senatsausschuss für unamerikanische Umtriebe durch die fanatische Jagd nach Kommunisten ein groÃźes Gefühl des Unbehangens in den USA. Der CBS Reporter Edward R. Murrow kämpfte ...read the complete Good Night movie review at MovieMaze.de (Markus Ostertag)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Director and co-screenwriter George Clooney strikes just the right tone in this screen story of TV newsman Edward R. Murrow’s courageous battle in the Fifties against the Commie-baiting Sen. Joseph McCarthy, whose bullying and deceitful tactics were the ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Jam! MoviesJam! Movies
George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck is a masterful character study that is also a taut ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Jam! Movies
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Town (John J. Puccio)DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
"Black-and-white?" you may well ask. Why in the world would Warner Bros. release a black-and-white movie in high definition? The simple answers are that (1) Warner Bros. have been in the habit of issuing all their most-recent movies in HD; and (2) "Good ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Arizona Republic The Arizona Republic
To capture the look of 1950s television, director George Clooney shot Good Night, and Good Luck in black and white, which is also how he presents the politics of the day. There are few shades of gray in Clooney's film about the fight between famed ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Arizona Republic
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movies that Bang! (Jordan Hiller)Movies that Bang! (Jordan Hiller)
In his second directorial effort, George Clooney (also co-writer) takes on Edward R. Murrow, a man who spoke to the nation in a time and in way that made delivering the news of the day (on the groundbreaking CBS program â€See it Now’) a crucial ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Movies that Bang! (Jordan Hiller)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Once upon a time, consumers were not cynical. In the much-missed olden days, folks read newspapers and books, watched tv and listened to politicians give speeches, and didn't expect to be disappointed, sickened, or inadvertently entertained. At least ...read the complete Good Night movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
George Clooney cemented his “cooler than an artic freezer” status years ago. He successfully moved past the 80s mul-fro-let hairdo, past the contemporary Ceasar in ER, and right into the coolness-doesn't-caredo. What does this have to do with ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Slant Magazine
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Onion A.V. ClubThe Onion A.V. Club
As a filmmaker, George Clooney is still too much of a fan. His overdirected 2002 debut Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind was so choked with stylistic razzle-dazzle and homages to Clooney's favorite films of the '60s and '70s that it could barely breathe. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Christian Science MonitorChristian Science Monitor
A solid achievement, but those in the press who have been trumpeting its greatness may be going in for a bit of self-congratulation. The movie plays very well to the choir. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Christian Science Monitor
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie GuideTV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Could actor-writer-director George Clooney's smart reenactment of the 50-year-old fracas between a courageous newsman and a paranoid, power-mad U.S. senator be the most politically relevant Hollywood film of 2005? It just might: The on-air brawl in ...read the complete Good Night movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
On the commentary track, director George Clooney says that every scene in Good Night, and Good Luck includes dissenting arguments because he and partner Grant Heslov weren't out to make a political statement. They just wanted to "raise a debate about the ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Reel.com
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Joshua Zyber)DVD Talk (Joshua Zyber)
Let's set aside the inevitable political squabbling for a moment. Yes, George Clooney is an outspoken Liberal with a capital "L", and yes it's unmistakable that his intention in making Good Night, And Good Luck. (his second directorial effort) is to ...read the complete Good Night movie review at DVD Talk (Joshua Zyber)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
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 Magazine [UK]
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for digitallyOBSESSED.com (Mark Zimmer)digitallyOBSESSED.com (Mark Zimmer)
As the new face of CBS News, Katie Couric has some legendary shoes to fill, and we're not talking just about Bob Schieffer's loafers. For the patron saint of the news division of the Tiffany Network—for all of broadcast news, really—is Edward R. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Mark Zimmer)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Bill ClarkBill Clark
Politics never change, but the cast of characters do. It leads one to think what Edward R. Murrow, the centerpiece of George Clooney's new film, Good Night, and Good Luck., would think of today's political climate - and more importantly, how he would ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Bill Clark
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for UpcomingDiscs.com (Brendan Surpless)UpcomingDiscs.com (Brendan Surpless)
Taking place in the 1950’s, Good Night and Good Luck deals with the impending threat of Communism in the world. Many feared it so much they decided to never speak of it. One Senator in particular, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy used a type of ...read the complete Good Night movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (Brendan Surpless)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
An urgent reminder of an era of honest crusading jurnalism in which information was separated from entertainment, in contrast to the current infotainment and soft news ...read the complete Good Night movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for stylusmagazine.com (Jay Millikan)stylusmagazine.com (Jay Millikan)
to our eyes, the image is almost parodic. The big head, the flushed face, the lock of hair dangling precariously over the wide forehead, the narrow mouth that delivered stentorian, red-baiting harangues so ludicrously paranoid that you have to wonder how ...read the complete Good Night movie review at stylusmagazine.com (Jay Millikan)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Boston PhoenixThe Boston Phoenix
An elegant scolding frames Good Night, and Good Luck, George Clooney’s meticulous and stirring account of the duel between broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and Red-baiter Senator Joseph McCarthy (played by himself, via archival ...read the complete Good Night movie review at The Boston Phoenix
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Clooney and his co-screenwriter Grant Heslov have other, perhaps more important points to make about the role of the media, and here, again, the parallels with the early 21st century are striking. ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Plugged InPlugged In
The 1950s are often remembered as an idyllic season of American history, a time known for white-picket fences, apple pie and heaping helpings of Wally and the Beav. Given such a portrait, it's easy to forget that the '50s were also a season of growing ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Plugged In
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
It's only actor George Clooney's second feature as a director, and also as a screenwriter, and already he shows a mastery in both that seasoned veterans spend a lifetime hoping to achieve. This is a fascinating look at the glory years of newsman ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for homevideo.about.com (Ivana Redwine)homevideo.about.com (Ivana Redwine)
Good Night, and Good Luck was nominated for six Academy Awards: Best Picture, Director (George Clooney), Actor (David Strathairn), Original Screenplay (Clooney and Grant Heslov), Art Direction and Cinematography. It is entertaining and thought-provoking, ...read the complete Good Night movie review at homevideo.about.com (Ivana Redwine)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
Vladimir Lenin, Josef Stalin and Idi Amin need not apply. In the ever-more-leftist Hollywood of the past 50 years, no one, save Adolf Hitler, is nearly so vilified as Joseph R. McCarthy (1908-57), the junior senator from Wisconsin who in the ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Ed Blank)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Tony MedleyTony Medley
President Truman said that Senator Joseph McCarthy, the junior Senator from Wisconsin, was "the greatest asset that the Kremlin has." Agreeing with Truman were many anti-communist Hollywood liberals like Ronald Reagan, Hollywood ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Tony Medley
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
One doesn’t need much more of a reason to go to the movies than this: Edward R. Murrow taking on Senator Joe McCarthy (at the height of his power), crisp black-and-white cinematography, the clink of ice cubes over scotch, voluptuous clouds of ...read the complete Good Night movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Christian Spotlight on the MoviesChristian Spotlight on the Movies
You may not be one who sees everything in black and white, but in “Good Night, and Good Luck” you have no choice. In his second feature film directorial effort, George Clooney manages to avoid a lot of gray area surrounding the blacklisting and ...read the complete Good Night movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
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