Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys |
Director |
Steven Spielberg |
Screenplay | Liz Hannah, Josh Singer |
Music | John Williams |
Cinematography | Janusz Kaminski |
Editing | Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround 7.1 |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2017 |
Produced by | Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks, Participant Media, Pascal Pictures, Star Thrower Entertainment, River Road Entertainment |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Drama |
Language | Mild to moderate impact, fairly frequent crude language use, uttered in frustration as as exclamation, including references to deities. |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Low impact, infrequent violence in the context of war with no blood-letting. One brief scene of gun-fighting, bombs and casualties. |
Prejudice | Low impact, infrequent. |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | |
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PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Rated PG-13 for language and brief war violence |
Runtime | 116 |
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
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Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 13 + |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Die Burger Mariana Malan Jy sou dié storie nie kon fabriseer. | 20 | |
24.com Alex Isaacs I don’t think I have to tell anyone to go watch a movie directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep but I will say that this is a movie more suited for people who like having something to think about than people who perhaps like watching cars explode as a muscly man slowly walks away. | 20 | |
Metacritic.com 51 critics | 17 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 275 critics | 16 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Post’s period setting belies its bitingly timely themes, brought compellingly to life by director Steven Spielberg and an outstanding ensemble cast. | 18 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 17 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Well-acted, relevant drama about freedom of the press. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 188 users | 14 | |
Rottentomatoes users 7113 users | 14 | |
IMDB 14818 Netizens | 15 | |
The Movie DB Community | 13 | |
Average .. 81% | 16 |