1994 · drama · comedy · journalism
The Paper
Directed by Ron Howard1h 52m1994
Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.
Our read: The Paper (1994) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded drama · comedy · journalism entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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