The subject of this movie (based on a true story) is definitely a story that deserves to be told ...but what happened in real life was glossed over and explained away. So this movie doesn't end well, because telling the story didn't end well fir Gary.
He couldn't get any official sources on the record because they didn't want to die and he ended up dead. I can't believe his family actually believed it was a suicide. Well maybe they didn't want to die either. So nobody will tell the truth on the record. But Gary wrote a book about it after he left the paper and before his "suicide " And somebody felt it deserved to be told in this movie. The acting was great and the storyline intense but it didn't manage to fulfill its potential the way the film ended up being presented not sure if that is due to direction? Screenplay? Editing? Not the acting or the subject matter.
It seems the days of investigative journalism (such as in time of Watergate) are long gone-sold out long ago to special interests. Media and dirty politics successfully hijack the real news to distract from the truth; The CIA releasing the 400 page report should've exonerated Gary instead he ends up dead by suicide it does not compute and he deserves the real story to be told ...at least this movie is a step in the right direction.
He couldn't get any official sources on the record because they didn't want to die and he ended up dead. I can't believe his family actually believed it was a suicide. Well maybe they didn't want to die either. So nobody will tell the truth on the record. But Gary wrote a book about it after he left the paper and before his "suicide " And somebody felt it deserved to be told in this movie. The acting was great and the storyline intense but it didn't manage to fulfill its potential the way the film ended up being presented not sure if that is due to direction? Screenplay? Editing? Not the acting or the subject matter.
It seems the days of investigative journalism (such as in time of Watergate) are long gone-sold out long ago to special interests. Media and dirty politics successfully hijack the real news to distract from the truth; The CIA releasing the 400 page report should've exonerated Gary instead he ends up dead by suicide it does not compute and he deserves the real story to be told ...at least this movie is a step in the right direction.