It was after 9/11 and during the run up to the Iraq invasion that I started to pay a LOT more attention to politics than I previously had. There were a lot of things I missed during that time and the story of Katharine Gun was one I didn't remember a lot about, so it was great to go back and revisit this story. It's also quite relevant to today's political landscape and shows some contrast (and stark similarity) between the relationship between gov't and media then and today. All three of the leads were quite good, even if they were only playing slightly modified versions of themselves. For a political drama, I did like that they gave some time to focus on Gun, her personal life, and the toll her actions were taking. Gavin Hood has come a long way from the trash heap that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, so kudos to him for the progress he's made.
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It was after 9/11 and during the run up to the Iraq invasion that I started to pay a LOT more attention to politics than I previously had. There were a lot of things I missed during that time and the story of Katharine Gun was one I didn't remember a lot about, so it was great to go back and revisit this story. It's also quite relevant to today's political landscape and shows some contrast (and stark similarity) between the relationship between gov't and media then and today. All three of the leads were quite good, even if they were only playing slightly modified versions of themselves. For a political drama, I did like that they gave some time to focus on Gun, her personal life, and the toll her actions were taking. Gavin Hood has come a long way from the trash heap that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine, so kudos to him for the progress he's made.