Console best movie i've ever seen.

MusicChat It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

bookwormgolf I wanted to enjoy this film, but the forved suspense and constant scenes of thrownpaper was too distracting.The cast is incredible in this film, and watching Meryl Streep or Tom Hanks is never hard. Yet, Spielberg fell apart on this film, and took the focus away from the large issue if the film. The amount of unnecessary aggressive staredowns and cliche movie quotes became uninteresting, and the lacking display of a full story becomes clear. The plot develops well, but still I found it hard to remember that the Pentagon Papers are the real focus. Filming and overall viewership is as expected, but the director could have pulled out the stops to fill in the gaps for uninformed watchers.Overall, this is amazing for a movie fan that enjoys concerned yelling and serious adult conversations for 2+ hours. It might have been a famous historical moment for the government,but you would never know with "The Post"

petercarlsson-92297 This movie is only for the liberals who's just interested in one side of a story. Cardboard characters, stiff acting, boring script, and moralizing until your throat is filled. I never thought Spielberg, Hanks and Streep could do something so bad as this sleeping pill. On the level of movie of the week, but with over paid actors and director. Oh well, not the first time that money stands in the way of quality.

zsur-84837 With a great director and a stellar cast I expected another film like All The President's Men. But the script didn't do them justice and Jason Robards was a way better Bradlee.

davideo-2 STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday MorningA true life dramatization set in the early 1970s, about Kay Graham (Meryl Streep), who was thrust into the position of running the Washington Post following the death of her husband. Her chief editor, Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), is determined to run with a story that the rival New York Times couldn't handle, regarding the US government's full knowledge of the futility of the involvement of the US in Vietnam. Needless to say, the Nixon Administration refused to take this lying down, and the team were thrust into a game-changing legal battle, in which freedom of the press was dramatically challenged.In the pre-internet era, a major scandal splashed across the frontpages of the tabloid spreadsheets was seen as the greatest threat prominent people or institutions could face. Today, with high court battles and injunctions, it's obviously still seen as a threat, but with more futility given how quickly it can end up spread all over the internet. In between making big blockbuster movies, Steven Spielberg likes to engage our minds more with considered, intelligent films such as this. While it's a very interesting concept, sadly the end result is something that isn't quite as riveting or revelatory as it could have been. He may have plenty of juicy subject matter to chew on, but here Spielberg doesn't always manage to keep the pace flowing at the required level it needs to be, and the result is an overly talky and protracted piece that, crucially at the beginning, fails to really engage us much as it could. That said, it does perk up a bit about mid-way through, and still manages to keep us at least fairly interested in what is still a very promising story with lots of potential. Carrying the film, Streep is elegant and refined, while in a supporting role, Hanks pulls off the kind of work he can do in his sleep. Both are complimented by a supporting cast including Bruce Greenwood and Matthew Rhys.It's certainly encouraging that films like this, that require you to think and have an attention span of more than two seconds, still get made today. Sadly, they really need to fire on all cylinders, and while this is an interesting, intellectual piece of work, it's just not as seat edge and compelling as it needs to be. ***