Not what you think it is, or might be! Based on the "noise" generated by the film, you'd think it was one of 'those' hard-hitting political thrillers of old, where the hard-dealing twists and turns come hard, fast and thick! Far from it.
The plot, or should I say story, (as I'll explain) starts in the usual way slow way, where-upon you expect, sooner or later, for it to start the rumblings of taking off, which it never really quite does! So, almost an hour in, I really lose most of my interest and almost stop watching, but since one has seen blurbs proclaiming 'Oscars all round' for the cast I continued watching. What you then find yourself watching,(or in my case, continuing to watch) are the characters going about the political campaign business, with some dreadfully) minor elements thrown in. So really, no major plot!
This really, when all is said and done, is little more than a soup-warmer of a political thriller, and may as well have been done as a TV movie! Don't get me wrong! It's all well acted, but, especially for me, just didn't turn over, and at the end of the day (movies end) I was left with the feeling of, So What?!
In essence, it's Not Bad..., good (definitely lower 'g'), but nowhere near Great!!