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...

The rating seems very unfair for the quality of this series. unsurprising as i'm sure this ruffled many trump supporting feathers. they don't enjoy seeing trump in this light, which is funny because so much of his dialog is straight out of his mouth. It's not glorifying democrats or Hilary either, just feels like a genuine insight into the background of politics and the stresses that come with the decisions they make on a daily basis.

..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?

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.

If I were to believe most of the other reviews here, I would have given this mini-series a wide berth. Further investigation reveals that most of the haters couldn't have even watched it as their reviews appeared before it was shown. How can you review a show before you've seen it? The obvious answer is they are biased and dishonest, so I watched it depite the poor ratings and reviews.

I'm so glad I did and I think it worthwhile that you all watch it. It will open your eyes, perhaps for the very first time. Jeff Daniels is brilliant as Comey.