The Post has a pedigree most film's can only dream of. Steven Spielberg directing Meryl Streep Tom Hanks in a film adaptation of a gripping, true story? Sounds like Oscar bait. But, is the film any good? The reviews are coming out and The Post is just fantastic. It holds an 97% fresh rating on rotten tomatoes. The movie is about the Washington Post battling to publish the Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon Papers revealed the secret history of the Vietnam war.