Jonas Bechmann, a defense attorney, is a man of the system. Until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer. But nothing is what it appears to be, and the blackmail links back to his father's death under mysterious circumstances a year and a half earlier.
The Candidate has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Candidate was released in 2008 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 19 reviews, giving The Candidate (2008) an average rating of 56%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 68%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Candidate a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 56%, The Candidate is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2008, which stands at 56%.
Other movies from 2008 with similar scores include films like Outlander, Resident Evil: Degeneration and What Happens in Vegas.
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