70
Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
Vanderbilt, the screenwriter of Zodiac, here making his debut as a director, masters the heady pulse of high-end, high-stakes journalism.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
60
The Guardian by Catherine Shoard
As high-class cheese goes, Truth slips down fine. It’s a noisy, one-note rally for the converted that gets your pulse racing even if you’re rolling your eyes.
50
Entertainment Weekly by Chris Nashawaty
For a movie about the importance of objectivity, Truth feels like a biased and sanctimonious op-ed column.
75
Blanchett, a commanding figure who scowls her way through every argument, gives Mapes an involving screen presence that elaborates on the character's staunch resolve much better than the straightforward script.
83
To say Blanchett is good here is a grave understatement.
80
The keenly focused intelligence and low-boil intensity that James Vanderbilt demonstrated in his screenplay for “Zodiac” are on impressive display in Truth.
50
The Playlist by Kevin Jagernauth
Vanderbilt chooses to present the tale with a lighter comic touch in the early stages, and it’s a tone the picture can’t overcome in its final third.
80
Blanchett makes us feel the creeping horror of professional disgrace, the fear and stigma, however unfair Mapes argues her treatment may have been. We watch a polished professional come apart at the seams, caught up in self-incrimination and spiralling neurosis.
90
The Hollywood Reporter by Todd McCarthy
Blanchett gives this dynamo of intelligence and doggedness a real human dimension that allows the propulsive drama to breathe; it’s another stellar performance that rates among her best.
80
Time Out London by Tom Huddleston
In the closing act, the film sharpens and becomes something far more compelling.