If they had fired the boom operator...

Rating: 8/10 (25 April 2001)

... this would have been an even better film. Or just fire the guys in post-production who miss about a dozen of microphones hanging there.
Well, that is about all there is to criticize for the movie in itself is a very good example of "real politics" the thing you don't see or read, the stuff that goes on behind closed doors. While all actors put on a good show in portraying the people that make the decisions, truly Steven Culp (Bobby Kennedy) and Dylan Baker (Robert McNamara) succeed the most and come closest to the original.
What apart from the actors truly makes this film though, is that it is not shown from the perspective of the decision-makers but from the perspective of a by-stander (not an un-influential by-stander, but still) someone who will not be held responsible for the actions taken, but still knows everything that happens. If it weren't for the technical mishaps and the pressed metaphors ("the sun rose this morning", the football game, etc.) this would have been a 10 movie, so it's "just" an 8 movie.