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Cate Blanchett's latest movie Truth, hits the cinemas this week but is it worth going to see?

The drama, which also stars Robert Redford, Topher Grace, Dennis Quaid, Stacy Keach and Elisabeth Moss, is out on Friday March 4.

Here's what the film is about so that you can decide if its worth watching.

Truth (15)

Elisabeth Moss as journalism professor Lucy Scott and Topher Grace as researcher Mike Smith

In April 2004, Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett), producer of 60 Minutes, gathers together a crack team including journalism professor Lucy Scott (Elisabeth Moss) and researcher Mike Smith (Topher Grace) to dissect a potentially explosive story calling into question the military record of US President George W Bush.

Lieutenant Colonel Roger Charles (Dennis Quaid) has acquired Bush' Texas Air National Guard file and it's curiously thin. Did he really go AWOL for over a year during his military service?

The journalists dig deeper and they make contact with Lieutenant Colonel Bill Burkett (Stacy Keach), who claims to have some of the missing documents in his possession.

Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett and Bruce Greenwood in Truth

Understandably, the ailing veteran is reluctant to give testimony on camera for fear of the repercussions.

With the paperwork in place, the team rushes to get the story on air and anchorman Dan Rather (Robert Redford) headlines one of the most explosive editions of 60 Minutes on September 8, 2004, less than two months before the presidential elections.

Will the story cost Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) her career?

But almost immediately, they come under fire when bloggers pick holes in the 60 Minutes story, forcing Andrew Heyward (Bruce Greenwood), President of CBS News, to call into question the journalistic integrity of Mary.

The story could cost her her career.