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You know your journalism movie has done its job right when the sight of mail trucks shipping off in the morning with a fresh stack of papers is a stirring climax.

Consumer report: There is no Nick Fury post-credit scene. Ruffalo is horrendous. "The Catholic Church just got a whole lot sexier"

Does its thing, competently, then 130 minutes later it has finished up, competently. Work(wo)manlike, but lacking a spark of anything special. Maybe I would've appreciated this more as a documentary, but I guess then the studio would've missed all those FamousActorDollars in revenue.

Did I seriously spend 2 hours watching a bunch of sleep deprived journalists engage in a litany of plodding interviews, stilted phone calls and interchangeable conversations, only for it to end on the most contrived of notes? Thoroughly underwhelming, not to mention, utterly devoid of style; unless the decision to turn the camera ON can be called a style.

Absolutely fantastic. In execution, it is definitely the best produced film I have seen this year. A cast worthy of every award, but most importantly Ruffalo's performance, acting in a great script. The only issue I had with the film was the lack of great direction, but McCarthy did a good job, and it is never bad. Honestly, it's hard-hitting, it's scary, and it's damning. An amazing film; one we may be hearing about in award season.