katie-130 As a New Yorker, I am proud of Giuliani and felt that viewers of "Rudy" would walk away with the impression that the mayor did little for his city. When I tuned in to this film, I thought I was going to watch a film that would really do justice to Rudy Giuliani's work as mayor. Instead, the screenplay focused on Giuliani's extra-marital relationships. His work to eliminate organized crime did not appear to be an enormous challenge in this film, and the screenwriter did not seem to care about accenting Giuliani's accomplishments. He was more concerned with reducing Giuliani to the status of an adulterer. The continuous focus on Giuliani's love life made his commitment to lower the crime laws look like a trivial accomplishment and the portrayal of his battle with cancer made him look weak rather than stoic. If, as James Woods said, this is a film that without Rudy-bashing, I cannot imagine what those who disprove of the politician would produce. Viewers would benefit from finding another way to spend two hours of their lives.

shp22 I'll start by saying I'm a fan of Mr. Giuliani and read his book, Leadership. So I was very disappointed by this movie for several reasons.The script is extremely flat. Yes, it does show that Giuliani had a temper, liked opera and loved the law. But in a way that made me think the writer had a checklist to work from. And one that did not include Giuliani's lighter side. The script barely allows him to smile or laugh or enjoy the people around him. For example, it could have included his appearances on Saturday Night Live, his second Mayoral race and the image problem he had to overcome or his friendship with Joe Torre and the Yankees. Indeed, SHOWING his relationship to the team, rather than just SAYING he loved them, would have done wonders for showing him as the proudest New Yorker. And making an effort to portray has relationship with his children would have been nice, too.The people around Giuliani rarely react to him. For example, on becoming the lead Federal Prosecutor in Manhattan, he tells a roomful of Federal Prosecutors that they have gotten fat and lazy and no one reacts in any way. He explains to a roomful of prosecutors how he will take down the Mafia on conspiracy to violate RICO laws (which he reminds them he wrote) and again, no one reacts. The most frequent reaction is silent bustling in response to the scripted tirades. He's often "right", but he's not even allowed to enjoy outsmarting the other guy (a la Jack McCoy of Law & Order).I've seen the movie twice now (hoping it would be better) and still don't know why the 9/11 events are done in flashback throughout the movie. My only guess is they couldn't figure out how to end it otherwise.Overall, I think that Rudy Giuliani deserved a much better biography. Hopefully someone will do it someday.

DCB73 It's too bad the talented Penelope Ann Miller was cast in this garbage! Her talent and acting ability should be used for much better roles than this. As usual, Penelope is always outstanding, no matter what she is in but this role was sickening. Hope to see her in better stuff than this in the future.

rudywalters I think that "Rudy!" is a great depiction of the former New York mayor. It balances his good points with his bad. There were so many things I didn't know about the man that this piece shed light on. This alone makes me want to become more involved in politics and the writers and producer should really give themeselves a pat on the back for this one.