85
Metascore
34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsMay be the best movie of the year.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA dead-on tale of corporate power, courage, cowardice and how we live.
- 90The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinIs still sleek, gripping entertainment with a raw-nerved, changeable camera style that helps to amplify its meaning.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertPower to absorb, entertain and anger.
- 88USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkAt its best, hard-hitting grown-up cinema (rare these days) and a movie blessed with a villain (Big Tobacco) for which all gloves can be removed and heaved into the next county.
- 88Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThis is a first-class muckraking melodrama: an admirable picture.
- 83Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyEarnest, smart, handsome, well-acted and made with mastery.
- 75San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisA meticulously assembled dramatization of a grossly controversial moment in TV history.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanA good but far from great movie because it portrays truth telling in America as far more imperiled than it is.