The Comey Rule

Enjoyable series though not perfect. It has a slightly hagiographic nature in relation to Comey though at the same time he comes across as pretty naive. Brendan Gleeson's portrayal of Trump is brilliant but you can't help feel it humanises him a bit too much. Some of the characters, especially the Trump side, are presented very one dimensionally as 'baddies', but perhaps that's accurate...

You'll have to decide yourself, with topics as big and with so many opinions and moving parts, reviews will be bias forsure!!!

Regardless of political opinion 'The Comey Rule' is one hell of a production. The cast alone deserves your attention but beside the big name actors and the characters they portray this series is extremely entertaining.

This movie is done very well, especially for a news junkie like me. But most importantly and really the only reason to review this movie is the fact that I never knew, until now, why Comey did it. Why he thrust a hand grenade into the gears of the democratic (HC) machine. As many did, I HATED Comey for not just once damning Clinton, but TWICE; the second of which there was no coming back from. Watching this movie and seeing what went on behind the scenes that ultimately forced Comey to do what he did, I get it now. What a horrible awful impossible situation to be in. And although I voted for her, I'm afraid HC has no one to blame but herself.

This show is a must watch. It is very well acted with great performances from Jeff Daniels, Brendan Gleeson, Holly Hunter and many other notable actors and actresses. The direction and pacing of the show is also well done. The show is based on Jim Comey's book A Higher Loyalty, so it included many personal and intimate situations from his time during the unfolding of these events. The low ratings are of course from the same individuals/bots who target other shows as well which promote any truth or diversity in the Trump Era.

..because I expected some preachy piece that did not show the people involved as they were. But it worked and it keeps the tension up even though we all know what happened. And the vices and virtues of everyone are shown, warts and all.

After Comey makes what is a very difficult decision - to report to Congress the continuation of the Clinton email investigation though he knows somebody will probably leak it to the press - he is called out in public by people who both support what he did and denigrate what he did, but they all pick the wrong reasons as to Comey's motivation.

Very good acting by the entire cast. Nobody really looks like who they are portraying. Let's face it, Jeff Daniels looks nothing like Comey, yet he is quite believable.

There was one what might have been accidental piece of realism though. Comey's wife and daughters are portrayed as over the top Hillary supporters. It's not that they seem to like Hillary so much, but that they really want a first woman president and they act like they really don't care who that woman is. Normally I would roll my eyes at such shrill histrionics, but I live near Loudoun County and this is exactly how Loudoun county women of privilege behave.

I shall now prepare to be pelted by tar and feathers for my criticism of Loudoun county women. Or will it be fondue and feathers?