This film is based on the true story of journalist Stephen Glass. You may remember when he was fired from The New Republic. It turned out that this "star" journalist had made up a lot of the articles he'd claimed were true.
Does this make a good movie? Actually, it does. It's shown quite well. There's a sense of suspense throughout. Even after the truth starts to come out, the story is fascinating.
The special features include an excerpt from the TV show, "60 Minutes:" an interview with the real Stephen Glass. Has he changed in the five years between the end of the film, and the interview at "60 Minutes?"
Now I'm curious about the novel he wrote after he was fired as a journalist. Clearly fiction was his forte. But he also completed law school after being fired. Law school? Maybe he'll become a world class defense attorney?
At any rate, the film is good.
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