Robert Redford does not look or act much like CBS news anchor and “60
Minutes II” star Dan Rather. But that doesn’t matter much. What
matters, and what’s germane to the distressing inchoate quality of
“Truth,” is that Rather comes off as a saintly cardboard dullard in
writer-director James Vanderbilt’s film. Even if you don’t know what’s
missing – a hint, maybe, of the legendary Rather swagger – what’s there
does not compensate.
Top-billed Cate Blanchett tears into the role of hard-charging news producer Mary Mapes, a maligned scapegoat in the movie’s eyes. In September 2004, on the brink of George W. Bush’s re-election, Rather led the on-air charge with a Mapes-produced “60 Minutes” segment regarding discrepancies, vagaries and riddles about Bush’s Texas Air National Guard duty during the Vietnam War.
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Top-billed Cate Blanchett tears into the role of hard-charging news producer Mary Mapes, a maligned scapegoat in the movie’s eyes. In September 2004, on the brink of George W. Bush’s re-election, Rather led the on-air charge with a Mapes-produced “60 Minutes” segment regarding discrepancies, vagaries and riddles about Bush’s Texas Air National Guard duty during the Vietnam War.
http://www.kansas.com/entertainment/movies-news-reviews/article41919228.html