A Democratic Party strategist Garry Zimmer helps a retired
marine Colonel run for Mayor in a small, conservative town in Wisconsin.
POPCORN-O-METER= 7.6
Firstly, don’t listen to the critics. Well I’m kind of a
critic but you know what I mean. I was very skeptical about this movie when it
first came out especially after hearing what some top websites had to say about it. It’s
election time in America and all of sudden everyone is critical of everything
especially affected with politics. This movie could’ve been released last year
or next year and have had way better ratings. Don’t get me wrong it isn’t perfect
but it perhaps deserved more than it got in terms of ratings because the
audiences and viewers seem to like it but the critics seem to only see everything
wrong with it. Some cited wrong timing as a problem, well I think the best time
for Americans to get a movie showing them everything wrong with their electoral
process is an election year and from the feedback from audience they think so
too.
The script by Jon Stewart is very well written, the movie is
also well paced and acted with some genuinely funny scenes. It is a comedy
after all, it is supposed to make light of serious events in a sensible way and
it does so. It isn’t just some all-laugh-and-no-point movie it is also and
inside view into the absurd theater that is Politics and believe you me it
doesn’t only happen in America. It showed how even a small town election can cause such a big fuss and at the end of the day the people can beat the system if
and only if they work together.
In terms of cast the two main characters are Steve Carell
and Rose Byrne need I say more? They (permit me to say) “murder” both their
roles. The other members of the cast like Mackenzie Davis and Will Sasso also
do well, the person in charge of casting did a very good job because even those
given small roles do splendidly well.
This movie isn’t perfect and to be honest no movie is, it is a very good movie nonetheless with a very clear message and as for me it is definitely worth watching.
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