Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Good concept, poorly executed.

Absolutely Brilliant!

Blanchett! Blanchett! Blanchett! (Over-dramatisation of ending takes away from mostly measured, cerebral tone of the rest of the film. Maybe more affecting for American audiences where Dan Rather appears to be almost presidential. His final speech to camera was over-blown.) (viewed 1/17)

I saw The Post this week and decided to also watch Truth at home to compare two stories about journalism and the media. I found Truth to be just as compelling a story as The Post, with a steller cast and screenplay, with plenty of drama, even though I knew the general outlines of the story and the outcome for those at CBS News. I did not know a lot of the details about how CBS, Mary Makes, and Dan Rather were caught up in some unfortunate mistakes that had little bearing on the veracity of the claims about Lt. George W. Bush and his time in the Air National Guard. This story paints an even larger story about how corporations react to bad publicity and right wing pressures that if anything have gotten worse over time. The movie does a good job in presenting how much fact checking is involved in major news stories, and how easily it can all become unraveled through a series of small errors that add up to one large error. The movie makes a strong case for the truth of the story hence the title of the movie. Cate Blanchett is outstanding as Mary Mapes and Robert Redford is excellent as Dan Rather, and the supporting cast is uniformly excellent. This is a movie that contains top flight actors across the board. Do yourself a favor and watch this movie. It is a worthwhile two hour investment.

If you couldn't tell by the title, Truth is a true story. Cate Blanchett plays the producer of 60 Minutes, Robert Redford plays Dan Rather, and Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, and Elisabeth Moss play the supporting crew. In 2004, right before the presidential election, Cate hears of a potential story that President George W. Bush's military record might have been fabricated. With something that serious, they'd better make sure they have a reliable source and can defend such an accusation, otherwise they'll face a terrible backlash from the American public, their own network, and the government! If you remember what happened in 2004, you won't be that surprised by the plot of Truth. But if you're too young to remember, or you weren't paying attention to politics back then, it's a very suspenseful and tense story. Cate Blanchett gives one of the finest performances in her career; I was baffled as to why she was nominated for an Oscar for Carol that year instead. Robert Redford is also very good, and before you get mad at him that he's not doing a good Dan Rather impersonation, you should know he chose not to imitate. He wanted, well, a truthful performance, rather than one that would garner gasps and giggles from the audience as they say, "Wow, he's just like him!" Dan Rather himself was very pleased with the film, and with Redford.Not all politicos will like this movie, even though James Vanderbilt's screenplay is very thoughtful and suspenseful. If you're a die-hard Republican or thought Robert Redford should have minded his own business in All the President's Men, you might not like this one.

Truth (2015): saw this film on FX just now, starring Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace. A compelling story about journalism and the advent of internet journalism. A bit slow at start, then moves to a false ending when we see the reporters made a successful "60 minutes" show about G. W. Bush's alleged receipt of preferential treatment in the National Guard, weeks prior to his re- election in 2004. Scandals arise when it was pointed out that the documents presented in the show is possibly a forgery, the last half of the film deals with how the reporters must now try to fight back in defense to their report. Cate Blanchett is perfect as usual. She's strong but fragile at the same time. Her portrayal of Mary Mapes, the producer of the "60 minutes" show, on the verge of losing her job while standing up to the multitudes of 'bullies' trying to discredit her is the main drive of the film. She just brings so much depth into her characters. I can't get enough of her. That said, due to the possible political bias in the movie itself, there are some assumptions that the movie is trying to feed the viewers, and I'm not sure it is as politically neutral as it can be. The movie speaks in volumes about what the general crowd thinks now of investigative journalism, and our (dis)ability to separate truth from fiction. A piece of film worth thinking about, but somewhat not super satisfying at the end.