Well written, well acted, fascinating story. The Washington Post is a 'local paper' in 1960's with a style section that is equal in importance to the political coverage. This film covers the development of the paper into a national political reporting leader based on its role in covering the story of the pentagon papers. These papers were a series of classified documents leaked to the press giving an in-depth look at what the US government knew about Vietnam, and how it made decisions about the war effort. Meryl Streep plays the first female publish of a major newspaper as she struggles to make the transition from socialite wife of a newspaper owner to a newspaper owner who is invested in journalistic integrity. She has Tom Hanks as her editor to push/pull her along this journey. Really a fascinating story as I was not really aware of this piece of history (just before my time). In terms of overall movie enjoyment, the obvious comparison here is to Spotlight of a couple years ago, and maybe based on temporal relevance, I liked that one better. But don't get me wrong, this good, and should be seen.
4 stars (out of 5)
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