Monday, June 11, 2018

The Post (2017)


IMDb plot summary: A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.
Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, and Bob Odenkirk.

A very good story but an awkward script that spends most of its time reiterating the same points over and over again and doesn't build much tension the way I usually expect from Spielberg's dramas. Decent, but better in concept than in execution.

2.5 stars.

How it entered my Flickchart:
The Post > Pulp Fiction
The Post < Manchester by the Sea
The Post < Blade
The Post < Mother!
The Post > Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
The Post < The Switch
The Post > Nowhere Boy
The Post < Downfall
The Post < The Scarlet and the Black
The Post > The Hangover
The Post < Batman: Under the Red Hood

Final spot: #1288 out of 2801.

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