Truth
Reception

Truth (2015)

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External reception

7.1
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 34,646 votes
7.7/10 11,255 votes Synced 2026-08-02
6.8/10 22,787 votes Synced 2026-08-20
Audience 6.9/10 71 votes Synced 2026-07-19
Critics 6.6/10 Synced 2026-07-19
Audience 6.2/10 Synced 2026-07-18
Critics 6.3/10 Synced 2026-07-18
6.5/10 533 votes Synced 2026-08-12

External reviews

David Edelstein · New York Magazine (Vulture) 80.00/100.00

The most engrossing part of Truth is the gradual, grueling retreat from the story, first by its participants and then by the network that broadcast it.

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John Anderson · Time 80.00/100.00

Debuting director James Vanderbilt (who wrote Zodiac) has a great sense of forward motion and wrings suspense from an idea-driven story.

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Stephen Holden · The New York Times 80.00/100.00

More than most docudramas about fairly recent events, it is so well written and acted that it conveys a convincing illusion of veracity.

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Rex Reed · Observer 100.00/100.00

Mr. Redford doesn’t look like Dan Rather, but displays the same dedication to — and respect for — journalism that he brought to the role of Bob Woodward in "All the President’s Men."

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Eric Kohn · IndieWire 75.00/100.00

Blanchett, a commanding figure who scowls her way through every argument, gives Mapes an involving screen presence that elaborates on the character's staunch resolve much better than the straightforward script.

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Todd McCarthy · The Hollywood Reporter 90.00/100.00

Blanchett gives this dynamo of intelligence and doggedness a real human dimension that allows the propulsive drama to breathe; it’s another stellar performance that rates among her best.

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Tom Huddleston · Time Out London 80.00/100.00

In the closing act, the film sharpens and becomes something far more compelling.

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Justin Chang · Variety 80.00/100.00

The keenly focused intelligence and low-boil intensity that James Vanderbilt demonstrated in his screenplay for “Zodiac” are on impressive display in Truth.

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Tim Robey · The Telegraph 80.00/100.00

Blanchett makes us feel the creeping horror of professional disgrace, the fear and stigma, however unfair Mapes argues her treatment may have been. We watch a polished professional come apart at the seams, caught up in self-incrimination and spiralling neurosis.

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Gregory Ellwood · Hitfix 83.00/100.00

To say Blanchett is good here is a grave understatement.

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