Bob Mondello

It's the $40 million part of it that is kind of annoying, because if it's worth $40 million, and if it makes sense to then spend $35 million to promote it,

There ought to be something there for the rest of us, not just for her.

And she's presented this very pretty picture of herself, and it is exactly, presumably, exactly how she wants to be seen.

But the deal is that there's no sense of openness in the movie.

There's no sense that you're actually seeing her.

And that's, I mean, it's frustrating.

One of my biggest problems with this movie is that there's a moment in it where they have fabricated something that didn't actually happen.

There's a scene where she walks in on her husband who is rehearsing the inaugural address that he's going to give, right?

And he says something about he wants to be seen as a peacemaker.

And she adds, and unify her.

And he looks at her and says, that's good.

And then sort of says, don't record that because he wants to claim it for himself sort of, right?

And there's this moment where you're supposed to believe that she's just added something.

And then they cut to the actual inaugural address.

And he says the line and it's greeted with a big burst of applause.

And he turns around and points to her.

And it's an obvious moment of gratitude.

And I went to find...

the original inaugural address.

And so I found that moment, and he says the line, and then it sort of trails off, and there is no applause, and he goes on to the next thing.