The inside-baseball feel of the newsroom material (co-writer Stephen Koepp did time in the trenches) is what makes 'The Paper' sing.

| May 3, 2016

| Original Score: B | Sep 7, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 30, 2004

The picture starts to fall in love with its subject -- head- over-heels in love, until the acid drains from the wit and there's nothing left but sentimental ooze.

| Apr 12, 2002

It's all slick, fizzy fun. But the film's fighting spirit gets snatched.

Full Review | Jun 6, 2001

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Watching The Paper got me in touch all over again with how good it feels to work at the top of your form, on a story you believe in, on deadline.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Perfectly captures the hubbub of the nation's newsrooms.

| Jan 1, 2000

Thanks to a caffeinated cast and hyperactive script, director Ron Howard delivers The Paper with a bang.

| Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: B | Mar 18, 1994