On the morning of September 9, 2004, veteran CBS News producer MARY MAPES (Cate Blanchett) believed she had every reason to feel proud of a broadcast journalism job well done. By the end of the day, Mapes, CBS News, and the venerable CBS News anchor DAN RATHER (Robert Redford) would be under harsh scrutiny.
“As Mapes, Blanchett burns on a high flame, and Redford finds the wounded dignity in Rather. But not enough to give the Mapes team a pass. The real story here is how the CBS bosses pushed to throw them under the bus.” -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“Vanderbilt has a great sense of forward motion and wrings suspense from an idea-driven story.” -John Anderson, TIME Magazine
