A "Game Change" review for those who are afraid that it will somehow show Sarah Palin in sympathetic light.

Courtesy of the Baltimore Sun:

Of course, this being a docudrama with its sense of verisimilitude, virtually every frame and sentence is likely to have political implications to one group of viewers or another. That's what I mean in the headline by "so political in so many ways." 

For example, I don't think some Palin followers are going to like this depiction of her. More than one adviser raises the possibility of her being mentally ill. And some of the actions and words attributed to her in the film lend credence to that characterization. 

I can't wait to hear the self-serving howls on Fox News when they see how Roger Ailes' million-dollar analyst mistake is depicted in the film.

Being portrayed as a "victim" might elicit some sympathy from those who have not already formed a negative opinion of the Grizzled Mama.

However being portrayed by the VERY gifted Julianne Moore as somebody suffering from a mental illness, who was almost placed one 72 year old's heartbeat away from the White House, makes EVERYBODY involved with this woman back then, and of course now, appear to have the worst possible judgement imaginable.

I somehow doubt that people who watch this HBO program are going to be more open to the idea of Palin running for office in the future, or having any say at all in how we choose our leaders.