Although my erstwhile companion fell asleep, I found Page One to be an engaging documentary. Unfortunately she slept through most of David Carr's part in the film, which left her with a warped perspective, and the rest in attendance wishing we could be one quarter as witty and brazen.

On the subject of interest the film doesn’t really deliver. The future of the Times isn’t so much addressed directly, as we are introduced to some of its stalwarts and left in no doubt that whatever happens they won’t go quietly.

This at times muddled chronicle of goings on at the media desk of one of the world’s largest newspapers — amidst the turmoil of an old-media collapse — is almost single-handedly rescued by its central protagonist, straight-shooting columnist and reporter David Carr, as he compiles 6,000 words on the demise of the Tribune Company.

Director Andrew Rossi captures a little of the drama inherent in getting a story to page A1, but largely shields us from the bigger picture concerning the fate of the Times itself, and often fails to establish context for the vast array of personalities who voice opinion along the way.

Unfocused if occasionally interesting documentary on making of the New York Times and the general decline of newspapers. The real debate about the issues never really surfaces and gets lost in superfluous scenes and details.

Not what I expected. Page One is much, much more than a mere insight into the day to day of publishing the New York Times. This documentary is all encompassing providing a commentary on the advent and game changing role of Wikileaks, to the decline of print industries, the narratives of war reporting and the role of the media in democracy. If you have even the slightest interest in how you learn about the world, and how truths are generated, this film will rock your tits.

A cogent documentary that examines the role of journalism in a democracy.

A very interesting look inside the New York Times, with a particular focus on the shift from print to digital media. The film follows a few interesting stories (the winding down of the Iraq War, the rise of Wikileaks, and the bankruptcy of the Tribune company), and a few fascinating people (David Carr is particularly riveting). Still, a bit more focus might have helped; while there is a moderate focus on the shift in media, for the most part these events feel like "just some stuff that happened" rather than a true narrative. Sometimes I feel documentarians use the form as an excuse to be lazy with storytelling, and I feel just a bit of that may have happened here.

Excellent documentary which shows a mass of insight into how a leading news organization is run. With fierce contributors and an intensely sharp team driven to tell a story. Intelligent viewing and brilliantly put together.

Unfocused if occasionally interesting documentary on making of the New York Times and the general decline of newspapers. The real debate about the issues never really surfaces and gets lost in superfluous scenes and details.

Great and informative film about the decline of print media

Acabes estimant al NYT, i prrocupant-te. Massa perfecte, però m'és igual, he disfrutat

By nature of its chosen subject--being inside the times--the film takes on a conservative, protective perspective on the paper rather than a more dialogical form, weighing the pros and cons of old v. new media. This is interesting, but I can't help but wonder if the film was made too soon, if in another five years the transition will be further along and we'd have a better sense of where the newspaper industry was going, thus rounding the film out. Still, an engaging portrait of newspaper life.