This is a very good movie but I’m not sure I liked it. I think if you have a political background it resonates totally. Some scenes are reminiscent of both The Candidate (1972) and The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) (both of which I liked), but this is darker. It has a similar feel to The Ghost Writer (2010), which I also liked but not sure I’d see again.
Strong acting, as expected: George Clooney (Up in the Air); Ryan Gosling (Crazy Stupid Love); Paul Giamatti (Barney’s Version); and, Philip Seymour Hoffman (Pirate Radio). And a nice performance by Evan Rachel Wood (Across the Universe).
It is a good story that stays with you. The pacing felt slow at times, but perhaps I was impatient to find out what would happen next.
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