The Post Early Reactions Praise Spielberg’s Ode to Journalism

Steven Spielberg’s historical drama The Post is drawing rave reactions from critics on social media, ahead of the start of its Oscar-qualifying limited theatrical run in December. The film boasts an all-star cast of character actors, led by frequent Spielberg collaborator Tom Hanks and three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep, and recounts the true story of how The Washington Post – under Katherine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major U.S. newspaper, and her editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks) – sought to shine a light on the infamous Pentagon Papers, despite the efforts of then-President Richard Nixon’s administration to keep the incriminating documents under wraps.

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November 28, 2017 at 04:19AM