Review of The Post (2017) by Mahmus — 25 Sep 2020

While I feel that its attemps at being more inpsirational and emotional than other journalistic dramas mostly fall flat, when it does focus on the journalism, it's pretty riveting stuff.

It's impossible not to compare this to All the President's Men, especially since its ending makes this somewhat of a prequel to that movie.

All the President's Men is better because it focused solely on the journalism, while this movie tries to tackle subjects like feminism, censorship, family legacies and more. It tackles some better than others and while they add some nice layers to the story, I kept wishing to know more a bout the papers and the sources and all that stuff. I also wish it focused more on the court cases.

Overall, I liked this movie and I cheered on more than one ocation, but I think its main problem may be that it's just too short. Had this been a slower, three hour long movie it may have been able to put more focus on all the details and kept it from feeling as rushed, but nonetheless, this was quite good.