Warning! Spoiler Alert!
I went into this movie without much to go on. I really hadn't heard anything about it. None of my friends had seen it, so I had no preconceived opinions of it. And that didn't help.
First off, this film was basically a propaganda piece for the Democratic Party. I figured that was going to be the case, as it starred and was directed by George Clooney. Most political thrillers that come out of Hollywood are the same way, so I usually I can over look the liberal bias if there is a good story at the root of the film. That was certainly NOT the case here.
There was a very clichéd storyline with nothing great going on. Basically, it's about a guy who works for a Presidential campaign during the Ohio Primary. He gets involved with an inter, she tells him that the candidate more or less raped her and got her pregnant. She has an abortion, he gets fired, she commits suicide, and he blackmails the candidate. Basically the synopsis of every political thriller ever made.
But what pissed me off the most about this film was the way it ended. After Ryan Gosling's character blackmails "the Governor", played by George Clooney, and is successful in becoming the campaign manager, he is brought into a room to be interviewed. The news people get him situated, the camera lights come on, you hear the interviewer ask a question, then Gosling looks into the camera and then.... NOTHING. The end. They didn't even finish the damn movie. Did they win? Did they loose? What the hell happened? It was like they ran out of money and they had to cut off in the middle of filming or something. It was very much like the Soprano's finale. Just pissed me off.
I was very disappointed in this film. As the political junkie I am, I could see the potential for a great political drama here. What a let down.
This film is definitely rated as a "Save Your Money"!
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