Review of The Post (2017) by Ethan D — 16 Feb 2018

The actors in this movie were so great and convincing. Both Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep should win an Oscar.

This review of The Post (2017) was written by Ethan D on 16 Feb 2018.

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Review of The Post (2017) by Ethan D — 16 Feb 2018

More Reviews of The Post

The actors were phenomenal. The cinematography and editing made the film gorgeous. The writing was powerful and intelligent. Overall it was brilliant…

Sure, The Post is blunt in its messaging and of course contains that Spielberg sentimentality, but it's a vital work that deserves to be seen…

The greatest strength contained within The Post is the fact that it refuses to grab a pulpit and preach to the choir…

11/3/18 Our DVR started recording this 30 minutes in, but we had no idea we had missed the first half hour…

Call it a tonic for the times, if you will. I think it's needed, and Spielberg was the right guy to give it to us…

Well acted but I found it very strange that a movie about the need to tell the truth would have so many inaccuracies on what really transpired…

Well acted but I found it very strange that a movie about the need to tell the truth would have so many inaccuracies on what really transpired…

It would be damned near impossible not to think of All the President's Men (1976) when watching Spielberg's The Post (also about investigative…

Another alt left revisionist history piece as facually accurate as a DC comicbook…

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