Nope, the film isn’t like that at all. It’s quite even handed, and damn good.
I have heard from a couple of people that the film is like you (and ReconDad) say: short on liberal revisionism and as close to “true story” as Hollywood is capable of.
From the previews I figured it would be a hatchet job on the Reagan administration and beatification of all things Dem. Now looking forward to seeing it, and the History channel show too.
Agreed. I took my wife to see it today. Really, really liked it. Great acting by Hanks and Hoffman. Julia Roberts role could have been played by a dozen other women though.
But if they hadn’t cut out some wackjob part about our work in Afghanistan causing 9/11, it would have ruined the movie for me entirely.
Otherwise, it’s just great to see hollywood write a great script and perform a movie which is pro-American for once. And there was a pretty big turnout at the theatre we went to at 1pm in the afternoon.