I was disappointed.

I was very disappointed also as I expected an all-time great movie by the hype and way people have talked about this film.

Instead, it was an interesting idea that had some good parts and some weak parts. I didn't find any performances overwhelmingly great.

So the end result is a movie worth watching, but far from something deserving of a top all-time movie status

6 / 10

Ah, the beauty of seeing a film without knowing all the hype behind it. After I kept catching it at different points on Cinemax, today I finally decided to see what it was about. And I'm glad I did.

I wasn't bored by it, quite the opposite. For a film that doesn't focus on any particular character too closely, I knew exactly who these people were and I was interested in their stories. I liked that we were observing them kind of from a far, and there wasn't the usual intimate examination of their actions, or evens in general. I felt there was a lot of subtlety in the film as well. It's like a tapestry or a mural. You can come close to inspect the individual elements, but it's how they come together to form the whole picture, where the interesting part is.

Now, I'm probably missing some of the cultural aspects behind it and I lack an in depth knowledge of US politics at that time, so I can't speak much on that. But just from the way everything was presented, it was an excellent film. And one I enjoyed a lot.