Review of Bulworth (1998) by Ashley C — 23 Apr 2008

Warren Beatty indeed is a legend. A fine, charismatic actor who turned to the other side of the camera to create a few acclaimed pictures, like "Reds" or produce "Bugsy" which consists one of the best dialogue ever put on screen. "Bulworth", his fourth and last feature is sharply-written, hilariously funny, intensly vulgar political satire that can easily concur with the finest achievements in the field, such wonderful titles like "Wag the Dog" or even "Network".

I'm sure that many of us would like to turn on TV someday and see some policitian (or a president, if you live in US or Poland) that snaps and starts to talk how things really are behind the curtain of banana smile and candy talk about integrity, fidelity and honesty, getting shit-faced, speaking as if he experienced a sudden revelation of what a fruad he's been all this time and searching redemption by telling the truth. Of course, bringing it back to reality it sounds like a nonsense for it's as unlikely as the chance that aliens from outer space will land on my garden tonight but the oppurtunity to see what can happen in a case like this is enough to make a good comedy, and Beatty couldn't hit better here.

"Bulworth" is a entertaining commentary on politicial and cultural chaos, and even if most of it isn't any news it's still a big laugh to see a guy in a fancy suit turning into raper, rhyming to the beat of his crazy-pounding heart. Hats off!