Synopsis
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
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Cast
- Al PacinoLowell Bergman
- Russell CroweJeffrey Wigand
- Christopher PlummerMike Wallace
- Diane VenoraLiane Wigand
- Philip Baker HallDon Hewitt
- Lindsay CrouseSharon Tiller
- Debi MazarDebbie De Luca
- Stephen TobolowskyEric Kluster
- Colm FeoreRichard Scruggs
- Bruce McGillRon Motley
- 100
New York Daily News
May be the best movie of the year. - 90
Los Angeles Times
A dead-on tale of corporate power, courage, cowardice and how we live. - 90
The New York Times
Is still sleek, gripping entertainment with a raw-nerved, changeable camera style that helps to amplify its meaning. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Power to absorb, entertain and anger. - 88
USA Today
At 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. - 88
Chicago Tribune
This is a first-class muckraking melodrama: an admirable picture. - 83
Portland Oregonian
Earnest, smart, handsome, well-acted and made with mastery. - 75
San Francisco Examiner
A meticulously assembled dramatization of a grossly controversial moment in TV history.