Once upon a time, the idea of Liam Neeson whooping bad guy butt in an action movie seemed ludicrous - but then came Taken, which opened an unexpected second career for the onetime arthouse mainstay. Like a lot of things these days, The Post seems destined to spark plenty of political debate, but underneath all the noise, it’s also a solid, old-fashioned, grown-up drama. Hanks stars as Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, Streep works her reliable magic as the paper’s publisher Kay Graham, and Spielberg ringleads the way only Spielberg can unsurprisingly, critics are pretty worked up about the end results, which are perfectly calibrated to make audiences feel good about freedom of the press at a moment when the importance of the Fourth Estate has been thrown into stark relief.
Put the three of ’em together, and what have you got? This weekend’s The Post, a period political thriller that wrings timely resonance out of the real-life journalistic drama over whether (and where) to publish the Pentagon Papers. The movies are great for mindless entertainment, but sometimes we head out to the theater in search of a viewing experience that tells us something about the world - and for those moments, the names Hanks, Streep, and Spielberg are generally fairly reliable indicators that we’re about to get maximum bang for our filmgoing buck.
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