Written by George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
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A movie about a fictional presidential election. George Clooney plays a governor running and is slightly behind his opponent. They are at a crucial point in the election. Dirty politics get played. Ryan Gosling is second in command of the campaign and Phillip Seymour Hoffman is in charge.
The cast of “Ides of March” is amazing (Hoffman, Gosling, Clooney, Paul Giamatti, Marissa Tomei, and Evan Rachel Wood). It would be difficult to name actors better than Giamatti and Hoffman. There are few actresses better than or on the level of Marissa Tomei. Yet, there is just something off about this movie.
It’s almost as if this almost wants to be a political thriller, but can’t quite bring itself to pull the trigger. What we get is a political drama, one of Machiavelli political machinations and democratic elections It is a fine movie. I feel like it didn’t go as deep into politics as I expected. After watching “West Wing,” I expect political dramas to go all out, but that’s my cross to bear.
6.5/10
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