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The Post

2017

Steven Spielberg

Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bruce Greenwood, Bob Odenkirk ...

6.7

21,853

Drama Set in June, 1971, this is a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post's Katharine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks), as they race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four U.S. Presidents. The two must overcome their differences as they risk their ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"A vigorous, stirring true-life thriller (...) Punchy and quick-pulsed (...) The sharply detailed script deftly balances the public and private aspects of the story"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It’s a heady, jam-packed docudrama that, with confidence and great filmmaking verve (...) tells a vital American story of history, journalism, politics, and the way those things came together"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Spectacularly entertaining (...) Thanks to Meryl Streep's best performance in ages, defending the Constitution hasn’t been this much fun since 'Hamilton'."	POS
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"Spielberg’s film is rousing and cannily made (...) The movie’s messaging is solid and persuasive, and Spielberg’s finely honed filmmaking (...) does not fail him here."	POS
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"[Streep] elevates 'The Post' from being a First Amendment story to a feminist one, too. Spielberg makes these crucial days in American history easy to follow."	POS
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"Gripping and taut (...) 'The Post' is an inspirational reminder of the importance of a free press while unabashedly making journalism look like the most awesome job ever (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Matt Singer Screen Crush	"All I can tell you is 'The Post' is the first movie that ever made me cry about an abstract concept."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep impress (...) It’s a rousingly watchable film (...) It’s a stirring drama of principle. In its way, a call to arms (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Spielberg's thrilling Pentagon Papers drama gives Meryl Streep her richest role in years (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Christopher Hooton The Independent	"The parallels between the Nixon and Trump administrations will make you flinch in Spielberg's poignant latest film, which could be an ancestor to 'Spotlight' (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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