Review of The Ides of March (2011) by Gareth W — 22 Dec 2016
Excellent acting and some gritty home truths about political morals and principles cannot rescue this good movie from two inescapable facts.
The George Clooney Hollywood democrat liberal fantasy about a pro abortion anti death penalty pro environment anti war atheist Presidential candidate is leftist intellectual day dreaming of the highest virtue signalling order.
Secondly the rather tame script's realism, doesn't sit at all well with 2016. Though I doubt this hyper real serious drama would have countenanced Trump any more than George's Marvellous liberal fantasy medicine candidate was in any way real....as it turns out it was even more unrealistic!
This review of The Ides of March (2011) was written by Gareth W on 22 Dec 2016.
The Ides of March has generally received positive reviews.
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