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The Post

7.0/ 10

TMDB Rating

4,870

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2017

Release Year

116 min

Runtime

Drama
History

Overview

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 journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

Keywords

vietnam war
newspaper
journalist
washington dc, usa
politics
1970s
journalism
biography
based on true story
richard nixon
pentagon papers
government cover-up
publisher
political thriller

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Reviews(4)

5.8avg rating
Gimly

Gimly

@Ruuz

January 31, 2018

5
5/10

Firing on all Oscar-bait cylinders, _The Post_ is much more about the facts of the events than an insight into the people involved in them. It has some laughs in it, but it's far from a comedy. It's all "what" and no "why", but also, _The Post_ is built on this HUGE will-they-wont-they question w

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martina.physics

October 7, 2018

6
6/10

The movie is very interesting and clearly very curated in the cast and scenography. It tells an important piece of American history and is an ode to press freedom. However, I found it rather slow in development and a bit too lost in too many conversations. Lacks a bit of action/movement.

Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

May 8, 2023

5
5/10

**An ambitious film, very solid and with a lot of quality, but which turned out to be forgettable.** I've honestly lost count of the movies about Nixon I've seen. And I understand that! In the history of the American presidential institution, few presidents have stirred up as much controversy. He

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

May 29, 2024

7
7/10

This is essentially a film about the freedom of the press - and how that terrifies even the most "democratic" of institutions. Disillusioned military analyst (Matthew Rhys) discovers the extent to which the US military had been misleading the government and population about the Vietnam War and takes

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