Director Mary Wharton's notion is to portray the aw-shucks politician's embrace of rock music as a sign that Carter was open to fresh ideas, younger generations and strange new aromas.

"Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President" is more of a side-dish to his legacy than the feature-length format can sustain.

Even more than the music itself, or Carter's passion for it, this alertness to sharedness is what ultimately makes the film moving as well as so pleasurable.

An entertaining and enlightening film that highlights how President Carter was a soulful ‘entertainer in chief’ who tapped into the unifying power of music. He truly was a rockin' president, literally and figuratively.