A gripping, intense, thoroughly fascinating movie.

Rating: 10/10 (12 January 2001)

One of the best movies of the last few months, it's a fascinating view at the Cuban missile crisis. The performances are solid all around, with special mention to Bruce Greenwood for a perfect JFK. The content is also very interesting, and the great thing is that even though you know the final ending of the crisis, most of us probably don't know all the twists, turns and details, and this makes this movie even more interesting. Also, there are some sequences that are very intense and gripping, even more so that in many fictional thrillers or action movies, and some great air and naval military sequences (my favorite is the low-altitude run by the two Thunderchiefs - breathtaking...). Also, a great thing about this movie is that it actually involves you in the story and makes you become interested about the characters and the story, and that's pretty rare for a movie.

A word of advice though: this is NOT an action movie. It's long, it's mature and it's mostly talk, so younger children will not be interested. But the dialogue is fascinating, the direction is brilliant, and the story is real (after seeing the movie, I find this very unsettling), so if you're in the least interested to see a good movie, and have alreay seen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, see this movie.