Loving vincent 2017 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The post was released on digital hd on april 3 and on bluraydvd april 17 by 20th century fox home entertainment. But the post s stuffy and pusillanimous board are worried that theyll all go to prison. The print is a mighty sword and can be constructive as well as destructive. The events portrayed in the post may have taken place in the early 1970s, but the themes women in power struggling with sexism, the press exposing the president, political coverups and corruption could have been taken from more recent headlines. Cinemascore, rotten tomatoes, and movie audience scores. Vibrant, vital and essential steven spielbergs feature tells a classic story of american journalismthe coming of age of the washington post while meryl streep finds. Best movie of every year since 2000, according to critics. Steven spielberg has made one of the bravest films of our times.
The true story of the washing post and information they came across involving the u. The post is a riveting movie, with superb editing and direction and a great score by john williams, the longtime master of movie music. Loving vincent is the newest film to try something new in terms of how it tells its story. If hollywood is going to make now more than ever movies, this is the way to do it. However, the movie contains a lot of gratuitous foul language, including many strong profanities misusing gods holy name.
But after shes caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom ni. The post is an act of goodwill and faith in american institutions, but its also aware of how fragile those institutions are. Those tense couple of weeks in june form the spine of the post, a fleet, stirring, thoroughly entertaining movie in which meryl streep and tom. And when it was over, i found myself particularly happy to see meryl streeps name first in the. Steven spielbergs inarguable place in the pantheon is further etched in granite by the mastery of craft exhibited in this heartpounding ode to journalism. In the early 1970s while america is in the midst of the vietnam war, the washington post is a small local paper trying to keep up. The post marks the first time meryl streep, tom hanks and steven spielberg have collaborated on a project. In addition, the expletive is also seen on a placard carried by a protestor in another scene. In addition to directing, spielberg produces along with amy pascal and kristie macosko. Steven spielbergs latest film stars meryl streep and tom hanks in a drama about the washington post s role in publishing the pentagon papers.
The post s chief film critic ann hornaday gave it four stars out of four and called it a fleet, stirring, thoroughly entertaining movie in which meryl streep and tom hanks play graham and. Steven spielberg directs meryl streep and tom hanks in the post, a thrilling drama about the. The post movie what are the pentagon papers washington. Later, washington post owner, kay graham, is still adjusting to taking over her late husbands business when editor ben bradlee discovers the new york times has scooped them with an explosive expose on those papers. Steven spielbergs ode to journalism in the post starring tom hanks and meryl streep as ben bradlee and katharine graham, this drama about the washington post is squarely aimed at our. The post tells the story of the pentagon papers, choosing to focus on two key players in the unfolding battle between the free press and a white house that struggled to keep the secrets of how our government handled the vietnam war under wraps.
Even sites like rotten tomatoes which aggregate the scores of. The post is an expertlycrafted and compelling film brought to tantalizing life by a master director and an allstar ensemble cast. Steven spielberg directs meryl streep and tom hanks in the post, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between the washington posts 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 coverup of government secrets that spanned three. The next day, the post publishes their story, and the newspapers hit the streets. Theres not much objectionable content, with the main concern being an fword shown on a placard.
The post official trailer hd 20th century fox youtube. Being completely painted by hand, this movie moves along as if it had been animated about 60 years ago. Measuring the opinions of people who see a film is far from an exact science. Wingfield wrote that wall street pays attention to metacritic and gamerankings because the sites typically post scores before sales data. The script was written by liz hannah and josh singer, and the film features an acclaimed ensemble cast including alison brie, carrie coon, david cross, bruce. Graham heads to the supreme court for the hearing on the case against the post and the times. Were reading up on the latest news and giving our thoughts on the new film directed by steven spielberg, the post.
Determined to compete, post reporters find ellsberg himself and a complete copy of those papers. I found that the film was undone by its selfcongratulatory message. The post is a pretty good movie about the events leading up to the publishing of the pentagon papers, although id say spotlight, a similar movie about exposing secrets and involving a newspaper company, from 2015 was a better movie. Steven spielberg directs meryl streep and tom hanks in the post, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between the washington posts 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 coverup of government secrets that spanned three decades and four u. All i can tell you is the post is the first movie that ever made me cry about an abstract. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the post near you.
Later on, the post gets a phone call, and greenfield answers it. Does this film do justice to the washington post and the real life events that. The post should be a clarion call for the us media to do better, instead of an ode to its apparent infallible nobility. Watch the speilberg version of the post and the ny times and draw your own conclusions. Fuelled by the turn of events in the us over the past year, spielberg put together this highprofile project in a tight 6 months from shoot to screen. Steven spielbergs ode to journalism in the post the. John lynch contributed to a previous version of this post. The post, written by liz hannah and josh singer, is also a story of the evolution of female empowerment personified by katharine graham streep, publisher of the washington post. A cult leader, his nephew and a gang of sexy commandos face off against the taliban in an epic battle. There is an utterance of the expletive fk, expressed by a character, out of anger, during a phone conversation. Soon, other news companies from different areas start to follow suit and publish the same story. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. All i can tell you is the post is the first movie that ever made me cry about an abstract concept. Steven spielberg directs meryl streep and tom hanks in the post, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership.