Product Description Inspired by true events. Kate Beckinsale and Academy Award® nominee Matt Dillon (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Crash, 2004) lead an all-star cast in this explosive story about a Washington, D.C. reporter who faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to out her source. The all-star cast includes Academy Award® nominees Alan Alda (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for The Aviator, 2004), Angela Bassett (Best Actress in a Leading Role for What's Love Got to Do with It, 1993); Emmy® Award nominee David Schwimmer (Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for "Friends," 1994), Golden Globe® nominee Noah Wyle (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture for "ER," 1997-99) and Vera Farmiga (The Departed). .com A U.S. President itching to start a war... A confidential report telling the Administration the opposite of what it wants to hear... A Beltway wife outed to the press as a CIA operative... And another woman, a hotshot reporter, threatened with jail because she won't reveal her source... Yes, it does sound like the Bush-era case of Valerie Plame and New York Times journalist Judith Miller--and by the time you make it to the end of writer-director Rod Lurie's latest inside-Washington shadowplay, you may wish he'd served up that real-life story instead of half-baked fiction. Kate Beckinsale plays the reporter, a rising star with a ponytail and a Pulitzer-worthy scoop, "Watergate and Iran-Contra combined." The film's best scenes have her tussling with the Plame figure (the formidable Vera Farmiga). Lurie makes them soccer moms whose kids play together--a proto-feminist gesture befitting the creator of The Contender (the movie with Joan Allen as a Vice Presidential nominee battling a sex scandal) and Commander-in-Chief (the short-lived TV series featuring Geena Davis as America's first woman President). Nothing but the Truth trumpets its this-wouldn't-happen-to-a-man outrage but resorts to woman's-picture subplots involving weak, unreliable spouses--then compounds the lapse by leaving the male roles underdeveloped. Lurie seems to be working his way down a checklist of themes (sexism, the need to protect the freedom of the press, the way lives get left behind by the 48-hour news cycle) and possible impacts a person in Beckinsale's position might experience. Finally, his film is a make-your-own-movie kit leaving the viewer free to focus on favorite ingredients. Apart from Beckinsale and Farmiga, the name cast (Angela Bassett, Noah Wyle, et al.) is mostly reduced to revving their engines, though Matt Dillon scores as a special prosecutor mixing folksiness and cold calculation, while Alan Alda gets to showboat as a legendary defense attorney. The widescreen setups abound in irritating mannerisms and pointless foreground clutter, but since cameraman Alik Sakharov did clean work throughout the epic run of HBO's The Sopranos, the blame must lie with the director. And that's the truth. --Richard T. Jameson
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Dena
Loved the movie
T**H
Great movie, takes you on a twisting road of injustice.
This is a great movie showing us how injustice gets started by over zealous individuals in high positionsmake serious blunders in our justice system. Thank God for those who stand up for what is right.
J**M
"With great people there's no difference between principle and the person"
"I told her that I was there to represent her and not her principle. And it was not until I met her that I realized that with great people there's no difference between principle and the person."Not only does this film dive into deep philosophical and moral commentary, but it was a very enjoyable watch. I was glued to the screen for the duration of the film. There's plenty of suspense, and I think the scenes showing impact on the reporter's family was important for telling the story, ideally helping viewers relate.This movie is important for those who are principled. It's a story of sticking to your guns and doing what is right, no matter the consequences. It's also foreshadowing to the power of the federal government. Since this film was released, the DOJ has attack journalists for not disclosing their sources to the feds.I think this film is mostly philosophically neutral, and only the biggest worshipers of federal bureaucracy's supreme power may be offended. Unfortunately, there is enough sexual material that this film probably shouldn't be shown in school or to children, even though there is a good lesson to be learned from this story.
Z**K
It really is this way!
This film should annoy you as it shows how the goverment of our country works. Why it is not all real it came all to close to the true story. It raises all sorts of moral conflicts. such as the need of the press tp protect the sources (if you didn't you wouldn't have a free press) and the need of the Govement to get knowledge of crimes. It begs the question, did the Federal DA really need to go so far? When the third source is found out your mind says what else does she know that would help. The price the reporter pays, the loss of families, all for a principle that many don't understand at all. It is a film that will get you emotional and feel for the two people really caught up in the middle and was the last act of the DA really required???????? Get and watch this film and rewatch as it really does show how far a goverment will go to protect itself and the moral issues.
P**R
Intelligent Film About Conscientious Refusal To Reveal Source
I purchased this film recently after seeing it twice on Netflix disc, and I admit it was just good enough IMO to purchase, though I am not sure I will watch it much, if at all, in the future. It concerns a woman who refuses to reveal her sources for a reason revealed in the film, and chooses to go to jail, which of course is painful to her and her family. An intelligent, if not riveting film, with a surprise ending which explains her reluctance.
C**E
Good story, great actors
I worked makeup on the film and had not seen it in its entirety until a few months ago. Good story, great actors, plot takes a bit of a twist. Based loosely on true story. P.S. Kate Beckinsale is a doll in real life!
A**E
You Can Find Better
Wow...talk about a suspenseful movie!!! I was in suspense waiting for this movie to get better. Alas...it never did. The acting is STELLAR!!!! It's the plot and story which are dull. I mean...it just doesn't get exciting. Don't misunderstand, there are definite moments of excitement, but they are far and few in-between. Matt & Kate are great.
C**I
Super
This movie was recomended to from a friend overseas,and I am very happy to listen to him,I think everyone who leave in this country must see this movie,this is about every day life in our Goverment that we don't know anything about them.even it is not a truth story,but is very close to what happend hear few years ago. It is a must see movie.
M**I
Good but no great
Well-acted and well-written but let down by a rather weak ending. Matt Dillon is excellent as the villain who is not really villainous; Kate Beckinsale is tenacious but a little wooden; Vera Farmiga is excellent. There is a descent into fiction (which I won't reveal here) that is frankly unnecessary - staying with the facts woud have been better . . .
L**S
True Drama
Nothing But The Truth is a thought provoking movie, beautifully acted, centring on aspects of justice, transparency, and relationships.The 'big names' act well, in particular Alan Alda who plays a slick lawyer with a conscience. Kate Beckinsale who plays the part of a journalist, makes a tortured heroine, who is prepared to sacrifice all that she holds dear, for the principle of not naming her 'source'.There is a twist in the tale that comes right at the end, but I urge you to take 108 mins of your time to watch this movie and allow yourself to be challenged and ask yourself, would I be prepared to do this ?
N**T
Nothing but the Truth Dvd
Better than I expected.Well written drama with good acting.
K**E
Gripping
Excellent thought provoking film, such a shame it did not get a wider release. Well acted by whole cast.
T**R
Three Stars
THE TRUTH IS AFTER SEEING THIS A MONTH AGO,I`M DARN IF I CAN REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT IT
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