Casino Jack

I really enjoy Kevin Spacey.  The very opening sequence in this movie is Spacey brushing his teeth, talking to himself in the mirror, and I thought it was great.  Not being familiar with the details surrounding the biographical background of Jack Abramoff, I came into this movie relatively blind and with a clean slate.  On that note, I thought the film was enjoyable, and it made me wonder about the real-life scandal and how much of it was embellished.

Some of the characters and events seemed so outlandish I cannot help but assume there was much creative license involved in the scripting of this film.  Jon Lovitz's character was completely ridiculous - how could a smart guy like Abramoff choose such a putz to be his front man?!?  Barry Pepper, who played Abramoff's business partner, also came off as incredibly incompetent - did Abramoff really surround himself with such schmucks?

Anyway, it is hard for me to write about a film based on a true story when I am not familiar with the original factual event; I can only really reference the movie based on the movie itself, and in that regard I found Casino Jack very interesting, albeit slightly confusing.  But anybody more into politics than myself, which is probably anyone, will most likely be able to follow along just swimmingly.