It is not a warm and fuzzy drama about FDR – he couldn't have been easy to live with – and it is all the better for it. The production values are first class and the casting of leads and supports are well done and interesting.
It contains more than one good performance from Tilda with Karen Black the icing on the cake. The screenplay is intelligent and refreshingly different. The wardrobe/hair and the design people deserve special mention as well.
Mia more than holds her own against in form Julianne and Olivia – the three of them are excellent. An interesting screenplay that doesn't follow the norm.
It opens with a great aerial shot of the city but it is downhill after that. Neither the characters nor the screenplay offer enough originality to maintain one's interest.