Review of Truth (2015) by Brandon W — 27 Jun 2016

Truth is the directorial debut of James Vanderbilt who wrote films like Zodiac, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Rundown. It stars Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Topher Grace, Elizabeth Moss, and Dennis Quaid in a political docudrama about a CBS crack team that found documents of Killian, and when it was shown in TV, people weren't convinced as they think that there are legitimate problems with it which got the team to fix the problems as much as they can.

When I was renting the rest of the Game of Thrones eps, I got two left to rent, so I rented this one because it looks interesting based on the trailers, and Trance. So for Truth, it's a great one for James Vanderbilt's first film that he directed.

The acting is great, with memorable performances from Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford. The story is well told, and it doesn't show that it's anti-Bush as it could've easily been that. It's well written, but with the exception of Cate Blanchett and Stacy Keach's character, the other characters weren't really as developed as the main character.

While Robert Redford's character is actually kind of the coolest part of the movie, I wanted to know more about Dan Rather as I don't see him enough in it even though it's not about him, just compelling conversations with Mary Mapes.

It was more interesting than I thought was going to be as I barely knew anything about the film, and I was very curious to see how it all plays out in the end. Truth may not be as good as Zodiac, but it was better than what I expected of it, and I want to see more films in the future that James Vanderbilt might direct.