Anything is possible!

Rating: 8/10 (25 March 2001)

I've had a long running joke with a friend for a long time that goes "Anything is possible -- Kevin Costner might make a watchable film!"
This man has more to answer for than most for the unadulterated c*** he has subjected us to down the years. Dances with Wolves, The Postman, Waterworld, that awful baseball film.
None of them come near the Postman, undoubtedly the worst film ever made, but all an insult to the intelligence of the moviegoing public.
Hence, I was a little sceptical when I went to see Thirteen Days, the story of the Cuban missile crisis.
What a film, well cast [Bruce Greenwood was superb as JFK] so that you actually believed the characters were who they purported to be [amazing for a Costner film] and scripted, the direction was also excellent in what was a film that got across just how close we did come to World War III.
Of course there was the usual Hollywood bending of the truth on this one, but watching it as a film indicative of those two weeks that gets the message across, it is well worth seeing.
Perhaps I'll see another Costner film one day, but then am I pushing my luck?