The Post (2017)

This was very much like 42 and Marshall in that all three are compelling stories told in the most square way possible. It was so dry and so talky during the first 45 minutes or so -- I just thought "blah." It did pick up when it was climax time, but Spielberg ham-fistedly tried to force BIG MOMENTS where they didn’t fit naturally, e.g. when Streep descends the courtroom steps off to the side and there are ONLY women in that section and they all turn to look at her adoringly. Was stair-segregation a "thing" in the '70s?  And then there was a watergate postscript. Give me a break.

Be better.

C+