This film is definitely worth your time. Frankly I'm surprised none of the MemeStreams regulars have mentioned it before now, aside from my recent posting of the Oscar nominations. (This film received six.) Be sure to visit the official site.

The trailer at the official site seems designed to evoke the greatest possible resonance between the McCarthy era and today's circumstances with the 'war on terror'. But the story in the film is substantive in its own right, and the treatment is thoughtful without being preachy or overwrought with metaphor/allegory.

A.O. Scott at NYT said, "the film is a passionate, thoughtful essay on power, truth-telling and responsibility."

Roger Ebert closed his review thusly:

Clooney's message is clear: Character assassination is wrong, McCarthy was a bully and a liar, and we must be vigilant when the emperor has no clothes and wraps himself in the flag. How many Americans know what habeas corpus means, or why people are still talking about it on TV?