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3/4
Let's take the long walk.
Matthew Brady - wrote on 09/22/2014
Let's take the long walk. This movie takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency. The Ideas of March was directed by George Clooney, and in my opinion Clooney's as a director is 50/50 for me. Sometimes he makes a great movie, and sometimes he makes a terrible or a dull movie, and this movie is in the middle of all of that. The cast in this movie is out of this world brilliant. We got Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, George Clooney and Ryan Gosling in this movie and they all do good like always. The movie slows down in some parts of the film, but they where some …
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3/4
"The Ides Of March" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 07/15/2014
The press secretary and true believer of an up and coming presidential candidate uncovers a scandal leaving him with a moral dilemma that could potentially destroy this political golden boy's career. Based upon a play by Beau Willimon who was responsible for the American adaptation of the classic political drama House Of Cards, The Ides Of March has all of the kinds of cynical intrigue you'd expect of Frank Underwood's creator. The story is not quite as black-hearted as the TV series but the representation of modern politics being the product of back room deals, manipulation and blackmail certainly retains its flavour. Solid writing and a cast to die for make for a smart, savvy drama but at the same time The Ides Of March does leave you with the feeling that you walked in half way …
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3/4
The Ides of March review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 09/26/2012
One of the underrated politically involved movies that is well-casted and carefully directed. A story of Stephen Meyers (Ryan Gosling), a junior campaign manager for Mike Morris (George Clooney), Governor of Pennsylvania and a Democratic presidential candidate. Morris' rival is Arkansas Senator Ted Pullman (Michael Mantell), and his campaign manager, Tom Duffy (Paul Giamatti), invites Stephen to talk privately. Meyers gets involved with an intern Molly Stearns (Evan Rachel Wood). Somewhat dull from the very beginning until the major snag was presented. Performances from the cast were sincere, score was fabulous and direction surprisingly effective especially during tense scenes. Screenplay could have been better. The Ides of March is a good look at flawed characters related to …
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3/4
Politically Savvy
Gabe - wrote on 03/07/2012
The last of the 4 movies I wanted to see from 2011, the other 3 I had previously viewed. Good, but not great. I know a lot has been written about Ryan Gosling as the next "it" actor, and he probably is. He's very good, but he just doesn't quite have that screen presence that a Clooney or a Cruise does, I'm sure that will come with time, though. Now about this film. What a prescient movie for the upcoming election year (and the fact that I watched it on Super Tuesday and Ohio was the state up for grabs). George Clooney literally said everything that I would've said if I was on the election trail. Almost verbatim. I'm giving this film another boring 3/4 stars, just like most of the films I've seen this year. I'll have more on the 2011 film cycle as a whole after I see Hugo, the …
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3/4
The Ides of Reality
Taz - wrote on 02/06/2012
The Ides Of March was a enjoyable political drama. I mean how could you really go wrong, look at all the great actors in it. The over all story was good and the acting as you would guess was top top notch. It did drag a few times but over all it kept up a pretty good pace.
The entire movie revolves around the Democratic Primary in Ohio between two candidates. The main focus is on the campaign of Governor Mike Morris, played by George Clooney, and his staff as they try work to get him the Democratic nomination for president.
There are a lot of shady things that happen behind the scenes of the campaign and you can't help but think that it is a pretty accurate depiction of modern day politics. You have people leaking things to the press, people getting paid off, blackmail and …
