LOVED THIS MOVIE! The mystery was complex kept you curious and following the clues. Loved the young reporter trying to make a name for himself and clashing with everyone. The best part was the thought provoking questions it raised about what a person believes and how those beliefs and actions alter or not with time. It will take an older generation back to a familiar time and a younger generation might draw parallels with today. The cast was awesome and it is fast moving, thought provoking, and over all a very satisfying movie! Nan

A worthwhile depiction of an era when values mattered and people acted on them, against the age of indifference that surrounds us. The movie is static at times, oversimplifies issues and plot, but also confronts us with a time when people were willing to sacrifice for deeply felt values about a country and a people they cared deeply about. And it presents an interesting historical perspective on them viewed through the filter of today's post 9/11 world, when acts of protest are conflated with lack of patriotism in a climate of purposefully manipulated Cheney-originated fear. See it to remember or to learn.

but whatever age you are, it's a lesson in the way it was....People who REALLY believed in a cause, right or wrong they did their best to make Americans see what was wrong and how things should/could be fixed, It's similar today, but the rebellion isn't done as well (Wall Street)!! Most of the players had the same beliefs years later. It's worth seeing.

The last person who should've been cast in the role Redford plays is Redford himself. His 'movie star' patina (including the very stylish leather jacket he wears throughout) is totally wrong for this story which tries to be about something very serious in our collective past. The movie's second problem is the cross-cutting between Redford's fugitive 1960's former radical and the investigative reporter tracking him across country. All the energy is with the reporter and hardly any with Redford's character. Maybe acting and directing in the same scenes is too demanding for this aging actor. Too bad, because the reporter's scenes show what Redford is capable of as director. Finally, the script makes its points in some very obvious expository scenes and winds up skirting bordom in its last 45 minutes. All in all - a miss.

Nice to see some of my old favorite actors again. But movie rates 3 stars out of 5. It lacks suspense, Gets too preachy. Best actor: Shia La Beouf - was exceptionally good in a key role but couldn't make the difference in this attempt to convey the timeliness of an historical event. Would have been better to allow the audience to draw its own conclusions and make the "chase" film more exciting than what was on the screen.