An interesting but depressing movie about corruption at high levels in our government. This is a well made film that doesn't pretend to answer the lingering questions following the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. Did she drown or was she already dead when the car went in the water? The -inside the submerged car- flashbacks suggest she drowned. The fill-in coroner pushed air from her lungs, not water, suggesting she didn't. If Kennedy was in the car with her when it went over the bridge and he got out, then how is it she was trapped? It could be that he murdered her and staged the drowning.
Were they having an affair or not? He strongly denied it but his wife was portrayed as very angry about something.
The movie showed Ted Kennedy to be of such low moral character and so self-absorbed as to be capable of murder. If it was an accident, why did he behave so ridiculously guilty in the aftermath?
This movie played it down the middle, we were able to sympathize with Ted because of his snake of a father, but in the end, he still tuned out to be a slimy self-serving politician. Good acting throughout.
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