Review of Insider, The

Insider, The

Rating = A-

Interesting recounting of the exposure the lying by the big tobacco companies about what they did and didn't now about the addictiveness of cigarettes and the TV network's willingness to report it. Despite the fictionalizing of a good bit of the story, you feel like you were there at the TV network and in the whistle blower's circumstances. Three of the leads (the TV producer, the Mike Wallace character, and the whistle blower) are excellently acted. The other acting is also good.

[1999-11-06]