i participate in vietnam summer ( 1967 ) and campaign for gene mccarthy and and be an ardent supporter of mcgovern presidential bid even after the eagleton fiasco . i hop that this movie would bring back the excitement and conflict of that era . instead and it exaggerate mcgovern virtue and everyone else fault . the narrator make derogatory comment about everyone else and even those who arguably be not so different from mcgovern ( smart and well intentioned and often effective and and human ) . most of the movie be interview with participant and include mcgovern himself and who still have all the trait that make him attractive 35 year ago and include honesty about his mistake . but many of those interview have peripheral role at best and have little to say that be insightful or interesting . the big exception be dick gregory and who be full of clever analogy and insight .