Truth

Biography, Drama

Newsroom drama detailing the 2004 CBS 60 Minutes report investigating then-President George W. Bush's military service, and the subsequent firestorm of criticism that cost anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes their careers.

The critical consensus

Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford bomb in this hammy, tiresome drama about CBS News’s bungled 2004 investigation into George W Bush’s military record.

(*) (*) (*) (*) Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 03/03/2016

Similarities with Spotlight but it's a dramatic muddle.

(*) (*) Geoffrey MacNab, The Independent, 04/03/2016

As a counterpoint to the (much better) Spotlight, it’s a fascinating look at modern journalism – but perhaps not always for the reasons its makers intended.

(*) (*) (*) Helen O'Hara, Empire Online, 01/03/2016

Fine in the moment, though hardly a film that lingers long in the mind.

(*) (*) David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 04/03/2016

A slightly hokey account of the furore that engulfed the CBS reporting team who tangled with George W Bush’s war record.

(*) (*) Mark Kermode, The Observer, 06/03/2016

(*) (*) Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 07/03/2016