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Both in a cinema & at home I read George Crile's book as well I also know one of the principles, albeit well after the events in the film the trio of Hanks, Hoffmann & Roberts do the book justice, though the Georgian Roberts had a problem with her character's charming Texas twang & is not as gloriously imperial as Joann either Sorkin's acerbic script witty, but the ending.unsatisfying, with too much implied, perhaps a corporate decision rather than Nichols' the war as a game aspect should have been more emphasized, but that may have flattened the souffle.

Not for the squeamish I've long thought myself fairly desensitized to gore, given my training, but this flick had me turning my eyes away more than a few times good on Patrick Stewart for steadying this young cast hope he had some Pacific oysters while in Portland for his effort the entire cast was spot on as was the atmosphere an amazing venture into the abyss, from the safety of the cinema.

I knew this fascinating Manhattan district, having walked through it from my peripatetic days at WSC & later doing a shorter stint more than a decade later in training ...worth seeing repeatedly as this is a dense tapestry, with many threads celebrating and at the same time questioning worth beautifully photographed & edited maybe not for all tastes, but an outstanding feature documentary about a highly specialized industry with lessons for all Memorable, but inexplicably difficult to find