Great film if you get past Costner's accent...

Rating: Null/10 (30 August 2002)

A very well done film showing the inner workings and politics involved in what must have been an incredibly difficult and tense period in world history.
But why oh why does Kevin Costner continue to insist on trying to speak in an accent other than his own??? His own voice would have been just fine for that role, and it's not as though anyone really knows who that guy is or what he's supposed to sound like. This is film. This is illusion. Don't spoil it with a terrible attempt at an accent! I actually found the actor playing JFK to have underplayed JFK's real accent, and I certainly didn't miss that, or feel that the part wasn't done well because he didn't cop as much of an accent as JFK had. Actually, I blame the director for allowing Costner's accent in the film, but then again, if we're to believe the stories about Costner exerting his 'clout' on films, it may have been beyond the director's control.
But this is still a very good film, bad accent notwithstanding! :o)