Cutting down to the wire. The Ohio Democratic primary pits
Pennsylvania’s Governor Morris (George Clooney), against Arkansas’s
Senator Pullman to determine who will become the next party candidate to
run for president of the United States. Each man, a worthy opponent in
his own right and within his own constituencies.
This film focuses in on behind the scene events
and activities of Governor Morris’s campaign. You know the, ‘Keep him
looking great’,’Make him look and sound even better’ and ‘Clean him up
when he’s not looking so good’ kind of stuff.
We get to watch how reality effects the job and life of a dedicated
yet young and naive assistant campaign manager, Stephen Myers (Ryan
Gosling), who finds himself in the middle of scandals that could
essentially end his career and forever change his life.
In politics, it is, All about the looks and
impressions. See, we voters like to believe it’s all about us. All about
what we value, believe in and want or need for our future. We voters
like to believe we have a say in who is elected to become the next chief
of our great nation. Well, it’s every campaign’s job to do what ever it
takes to convince us that their candidate does stand for and will
represent our values and deliver our wants and needs for the future.
It’s also their job to do what ever it takes to keep us believing that,
we do have a say.
Everyone knows, the good guys finish last,
and some never finish at all. If you want to win, then you damn well
better be the best or have the best crew working, behind the scenes.
...I do detest politics!
This movie is a good way to waste some time, if you have nothing else to do.
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