This is a very believable documentary style film about the fictional assassination of George W. Bush. As could be expected, the film is English made, and uses cutting edge CGI in combination with real archive footage to build up the story. The film deals with the days leading up to Bushs death, and the aftermath: the search for justice and the altered political climate.The scene is set very convincingly, with acted interviews of secret service agents and speechWriter reflecting on the day of the assassination. Making this seem even more plausible is real archive footage of Bush in Chicago, as well as the indistinguishable CGI scenes that digitally implant Bush's face on actors. This film is full of political statements, but manages to be inflammatory in concept more than in reality. The film, surprisingly, is not anti-Bush. The reasons for the assassination are not explored; instead, it deals only with the administration's reaction and the resulting process of justice and judgement.Death of a President contains many warning signs about the rush to judgement that occurs in the search for suspects and justice. The film shows a very intelligent take on the world, and does not fall into stereotypes. You can imagine that if such a film were ever to be made by an American, the main suspect would be an Al-Qaida operative acting under Osama's orders. Instead the suspect is a Syrian, and the effects on the Islamic community in America are explored. All in all, the arguments are presented non-hysterically, inviting scrutiny and debate, rather than pushing a political point of view. Although technically brilliant, and very interesting, this film can be quite dry and slow.'

When the mice are trying to appease the cat by serving the cat food, the cat sits up and a mouse passes through his head.

I have always felt like an unconventional appreciator of Alfred Hitchcock. Where most film lovers hold up Vertigo, The Birds, and Psycho as the directors best products, I have found more joy in some of his lesser known works. My three favourite Hitchcock movies are I Confess, Strangers on a Train and this movie, Foreign Correspondent.

Johnny Jones (McCrea) is a New York newspaper reporter who is appointed as Europe correspondent. Just prior to the declaration of World War 2, he uncovers an assortment of enemy agents in London and starts to unravel the truth behind the assassination of a prominent world diplomat.

There are many things that make this a great movie. The performance of Albert Basserman as Van Meer is one of the best in a Hitchcock film (he features in one of Hitch's iconic murder sequences). The plot moves along at a perfect pace. One of the dramatic scenes, near the end of the film, rivals many of today's movies with its convincing use of special effects.

This movie was overshadowed by Rebecca in its year of release, but it has stood the test of time better. Judge for yourself.'