Good Night, and Good Luck

GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (2005) - Mar. 3, 2005
A well made, well acted but not particularly interesting film about Edward R. Murrow's fight against Joseph McCarthy. The film didn't have much of a plot, and none of the characters were particularly well developed or interesting; they were just there. If Clooney's goal was to teach me about what Murrow did, and tell me why he was important, he was successful. If his goal was to entertain me... not so successful. I mean, what did I learn about Murrow as a person, other than that he was classy and a good journalist? Or any of those characters, for that matter? The film had some good performances, and Robert Elswit's black and white photography looked nice, but aside from that this was an unexceptional film. That's not to say it was bad, I was never really bored but it certainly wasn't one of the five best movies of the year. **1/2