Nostalgic account of The Washington Post's publication of
the Pentagon Papers in 1971 has Meryl Streep as publisher Katharine Graham and
Tom Hanks as editor Ben Bradlee fighting both the Nixon administration and
their own notions of how journalists should behave around prominent public
officials. Director Steven Spielberg,
working from a script by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, aims to make a rouser
along the lines of 1952's "Deadline U.S.A." and, according to that
film's formula of a crusading newspaper in financial peril triumphing over
government secrets and crooked politicians, he succeeds.
Watch out for:Scenes of
military combat, fleeting rough language.
Rated: A-III, adults; MPAA:
PG-13
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