OK but not the best political thriller I've ever seen.
The idea is to show how politics corrupts an idealistic political activist on the campaign trail. Ryan Gosling plays this character. He is a young talent but naive and at first easily wrong-footed by the more experienced Machiavellians around him. Until he has an affair with an intern, gets caught up in things and becomes just like them...
It's not exactly an original idea for a political movie and the plot doesn't race along as quickly as I'd like. But again, it's OK. There are plenty of heavy-hitting actors in here that put in good performances - Clooney, Giamatti and Seymour Hoffman all play their roles well.
Worth a watch.
The idea is to show how politics corrupts an idealistic political activist on the campaign trail. Ryan Gosling plays this character. He is a young talent but naive and at first easily wrong-footed by the more experienced Machiavellians around him. Until he has an affair with an intern, gets caught up in things and becomes just like them...
It's not exactly an original idea for a political movie and the plot doesn't race along as quickly as I'd like. But again, it's OK. There are plenty of heavy-hitting actors in here that put in good performances - Clooney, Giamatti and Seymour Hoffman all play their roles well.
Worth a watch.