For the conventionality of its insights--Murrow was good, McCarthy was bad, TV could be better-- I found Good Night, and Good Luck to be pretty sanctimonious. The film is shot and edited tolerably well and the acting, especially David Straitharn as Murrow, is of high caliber. But the fact is that the script is poor. There is a subplot about a secretly married couple working for CBS that goes nowhere, and a bit of preachiness at the end that goes too far. Despite this stuff though it is generally a likable film. Also, there is one interesting thought in it about how everyone, wittingly or not, engages in censorship.

6/10