The Cuban Missile Crisis was the worst defeat the United States had suffered in its entire history prior to the Vietnam War. Kennedy was assassinated because he surrendered to the USSR and secretly removed US missiles from Italy and Turkey, as well as publicly promising not to repeat his illegal invasion of Cuba. It's strange how he is still remembered favourably by so many when he was a warmonger who massively increased the illegal US invasion of Vietnam, and caused Khrushchev to build the Berlin Wall. This film is a complete left-wing whitewash, complete with the usual awful non-performance by Kevin Costner. It's hard to believe the wooden Costner was ever a major star in Hollywood, even if it was over 30 years ago.
Review of Thirteen Days
