Firing on all Oscar-bait cylinders, The Post is much more about the facts of the events than an insight into the people involved in them. It has some laughs in it, but it's far from a comedy. It's all "what" and no "why", but also, The Post is built on this HUGE will-they-wont-they question with massive ramifications ("Will Nixon and LBJ be exposed") and it's what the whole 108 minute runtime is building up to, but... We already know. The things that happen in The Post are real events that are common knowledge. So it's kind of... The mystery of the moral quandary was answered before you ever pressed play. I think with the state of journalism and even more so the state of politics the way it is now in America, that The Post was a very timely film, and with a cast like this assembled, obviously nobody in it is bad. But does The Post deserve the awards consideration it has gotten? Personally, I don't think it does. Final rating:★★½ - Not quite for me, but I definitely get the appeal.