Some great performances, nice mixing of stock footage and otherwise getting the time period. Adequate attention paid to Lurleen, even before her governorship. I was not offended by Archie, and even with that it's more accurate than 99% of biopics these days.
But... and it's a big but, it absolutely suffers from the complication that most biopics do, story-itis. Way, way, way too many disconnected vignettes. It even has to have captions, like "1972, two years later." Yes, we need that because it's SO easy to get lost with all this flitting around to try to cover the whole political life.
But... and it's a big but, it absolutely suffers from the complication that most biopics do, story-itis. Way, way, way too many disconnected vignettes. It even has to have captions, like "1972, two years later." Yes, we need that because it's SO easy to get lost with all this flitting around to try to cover the whole political life.