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The Ides of March

2011

George Clooney

Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti ...

6.7

30,659

Drama. Mystery The Ides of March 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.

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"[An] intriguing but overly portentous drama, which seems far more taken with its own cynicism than most viewers will be (...) the terrific cast isn't always seen to its best advantage"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Clooney the director brings his actor's experience to the job and attends closely to performance. The impression remains, however, that he believes this movie to be more of an expose than it is (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Poised between politics and thriller, this morality tale from Clooney & Co. is illuminated by a terrific ensemble cast (...) Classy and professional throughout, the technical work gracefully holds all the threads together"	POS
United States	David Edelstein New York Magazine	"It's tempting to praise The Ides of March as a realistic depiction of how low we've sunk. But that would mean accepting the second-rate writing and third-rate melodrama and incredible shrinking characters.	NEG
United States	Rex Reed The New York Observer	"The adrenalin rush of The Ides of March provides a sexy alternative to most mainstream political movies about dirty politics"	POS

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