Is it a great film? No, but it definitely deserves to be talked about.

| Original Score: B | Sep 1, 2017

Truth is all about Blanchett, who really shines in-and carries-an otherwise bad good movie. (Or is it a good bad movie?) There are a lot of themes introduced, but are stated in rather sweeping gestures.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 27, 2017

Truth, as much as I agree with many of its contentions, fails to hold itself to the same level of scrutiny as it does those going after Mapes and Rather, and as such never feels as authentic as it should have.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 22, 2016

'Truth' is simplistic, pedestrian swill, no matter when you release it; putting it out so close to 'Spotlight' merely emphasizes its already overpowering flaws.

| May 3, 2016

As a case study in journalism and ethics, the film is intriguing. As drama, it stutters.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2016

Blanchett is terrific as Mapes, juggling hard journalism and home life, serving breakfast to her son while fielding tough-as-nails phone calls.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 6, 2016

Redford is marvellous but even Blanchett can't do anything with the screenplay's messy rendition of Mapes, who too often plays like a mushy rom-com heroine.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 6, 2016

The casting cannot save a slightly ho-hum story that crosses the Atlantic badly.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 3, 2016

Mapes and Rather resent the way that the debate gets bogged down in the documents without focusing on the larger issue, but the film gets bogged down in just the same way.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 3, 2016

It's a fascinating look at modern journalism - but perhaps not always for the reasons its makers intended.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 25, 2016

This is one of Blanchett's best performances on film - and that is saying something. Mapes is both ordinary and heroic here, which will, of course, upset those who think she is just a left-wing hack.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 9, 2015

The film, one of the best of the year, is strongly recommended to serious filmgoers.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 4, 2015

One of the things Truth is quite honest about is the oxymoronic ethos of the news business in general -- i.e., always be right, always be first.

| Nov 3, 2015

Ultimately, some of the answers in "Truth" are unsatisfying, but it asks important questions, which is one of journalism's chief responsibilities.

| Original Score: A- | Oct 30, 2015

Condescending, self-righteous and sloppy, Truth is simply a bad film for which there are no excuses.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 30, 2015

"Truth" is ... mesmerizing, entirely because of Blanchett; this is one of those movie-star performances in which every detail, every gesture feels right.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 29, 2015

Robert Redford plays Dan Rather. I know. Just reading that out loud seems odd -- but Redford does a terrific job of capturing Rather's on-air cadence and his larger-than-life off-air persona.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 29, 2015

With its bombastic title, Truth seems to want to remind us of the complications of reality, even as it selects which characters' truths to portray. Truth presents one strand, and in that it does a good job.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 29, 2015

Engrossing and occasionally moving ...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 29, 2015

Nobody does the aggrieved party better than Blanchett, who could play the title tragedians in any smart recasting of King Lear or Hamlet.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 29, 2015