Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

Rating: Null/10 (14 April 2001)

You must always take historical movies with a grain of salt. A lot of times you can actually question how much is true, and how much is propaganda. Knowing very little of the actual events portrayed in this film, a lot of this is open for interpretation. Still, I was riveted, even though you know the ending. The drama and the tension was about as strong as could be for a movie with minimal action. I am a sucker for good script writing. This is one of the best-acted movies I have seen in a long time. I never for a moment doubted that Culp was Bobby Kennedy, or Greenwood was JFK. The most startling aspect of this movie was many actors' resemblance to the actual person: Strozier could have been Dean Rusk, I wouldn't have known. Even Walter Adrian, who plays a minimal speaking role as LBJ, looked like the real man. Political tension on screen usually misses, but not here. Scores 8 of 10.