As one who had relatively little interest in the topic....

Rating: 9/10 (11 November 2007)

This movie makes you think and remember clues rather than treating you like a moron. I don't have great interest in the topic, being English, although I remember Kennedy well enough and the Bay of Pigs name though not what happened there. I was never convinced that Cuba was that serious a threat but then I was never convinced the Russians wanted to set off a nuclear bomb and that if there were ever nuclear war, it wouldn't be Russians that started it - they were too sensible. It was all macho facing off between great powers to get one up at that level as I think has been demonstrated in recent years to be true. Castro was as I understand it disliked by the US so he went to Russia, the sort of thing that has happened often enough in history?
I wanted to see the movie on account of being impressed by Damon's Bourne movies. I wasn't disappointed. A clever, dense plot keeping my attention. I didn't guess at who the mole was. I've inevitably learned a little more about American history of the period covered.