Hollywood can do History better then P**** H***** or U571

Rating: Null/10 (19 October 2001)

I was quite impressed by this film. I felt it was for the most part well acted and although it would have been hard not to make a tense thriller out of the material,there was enough historical detail to it to make me feel I'd learned something from it after I'd been on the edge of my seat for 2.5 hrs.
It was a tad onesided in that little of the Russian/Cuban angle was seen aside from RFK's visit to the ambassador, the liaison with the Washington Rezident and the UN talks. But then I guess that's Hollywood for you.

Steven Culp was spookily like RFK, and Bruce Greenwood, though not so physically similar, did a good job of playing JFK. I cannot comment on how good Costner was at O'Donnell, as I have never seen or heard of him before. The accent he was doing did sound like the mayor from "The Simpsons" from time to time though.
Overall I'd give this movie 8 out of 10