When Senator Joseph McCarthy begins his foolhardy campaign to root out Communists in America, CBS News impresario Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down him by exposing the atrocities being committed by McCarthy's Senate 'investigation.'
Untethered to any post-TV era is a conclusion that America gets too comfortable with the mental inactivity it enables. Edward R. Murrow's titular signoff begins as a trademark and ends as a challenge to a medium - one too often unmet today.
Provocative, principled and richly detailed, this is compelling stuff. Emotionally itâ(TM)s a little dry, but as brain-food, itâ(TM)s absolutely invigorating. George done good.
Rarely moving a facial muscle except to exhale smoke and brimstone, Strathairn wonderfully recaptures Murrow's deadpan delivery style.
Movie Mezzanine
January 31, 2014
By its end, "Good Night, and Good Luck" evolves into a prophetic vision of how television and film can be used to illuminate or insulate, educate or entertain.
