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I tend to give leeway to political-oriented movies in narrative, and thus once again the stars I'm giving are somewhat generous. Back in 2000, I was gripped by this recount and saw the news all day, but never knew that it could become a proper thriller like Jay Roach made. Great job!
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One of HBO films that retell the stories of influential political events in recent years. A good example of the problems that a complex political system like the American one can make and how the partisan idiosyncrasies are exalted on confrontations. Solid writing and acting across the board.
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Liberals try and steal and election.
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The performances in RECOUNT - the story of the 2000 Presidential Election and all of its hanging/dimpled chad nonsense - were all excellent. It was great to see Kevin Spacey in a likable lead role again. Tom Wilkinson, as James Baker, was stately, and wise, and sleazy, and admirable all at once. Even Dennis Leary’s Bawhston ahccent wahsn’t too fahkin’ much to take. But the best performance of them all came from Laura Dern, as FL Secretary of State, Katherine…
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A great film about the struggle of the 2000 presidential recount process, Kevin Spacey delivers, as usual. Pacing is a little strange, though.
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"Recount" is about the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the controversy surrounding it. It's certainly biased towards the democratic camp, but if you'll keep that in mind, you'll find the movie to be very informative and more importantly honest. The acting was surprisingly well done, but apart from the subject it is a somewhat bland film. 3/5.
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This the second HBO considering an elections I've seen, Game Change being the other one, and I must say that I really dig the general style of em. Not too fancy, and this one (Way better than Game Change, which had some awkward crowd scenes without a crowd) really felt like it fit the scale of what was happening.
That, coupled with great acting and a story I wasn't up to date on the details on (being European and 6…
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I can't claim I enjoyed watching this movie because the events depicted made me so angry I considered switching it off halfway through. The fact that I knew the outcome from the beginning probably made it even worse. However, there's no denying that the movie is very well-made and extremely well-acted by its wonderful cast and is definitely worth watching for that reason alone. It's also worth a look for anyone who doesn't know/remember a lot about what exactly happened back then.
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If Sydney Pollack had lived to direct it, I think Recount might have pranced in the shadows of politically charged, real-life outskirts pics like The Insider, Shattered Glass or even All The President's Men. Jay Roach seems almost preoccupied with lightening the mood - which is likely a byproduct of the screenplay as much as anything - but all too often, he only succeeds in making the real-life counterparts seem awkward and false; Scenes that involve Bush and Gore, though…
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Thought i'd re-watch something topical on this US election night. I think Jay Roach is best when handling a political drama rather than comedy. HBO's ReCount is very good that boasts an amazing cast.
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For those who want to live the chaos that prevailed and led to Bush being crowned the very first time.
The screenplay is the winner, it does not stretch the events of the Florida Recount too far, to make it dramatic and unblieveable. Instead the screenplay is simple and gives room to the actors like Spacey, Dern and Wilkinson to take it home; victorious.
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HBO's political biopics seem to get better over time with Too Big To Fail and Game Change. Recount, though acted very well, just didn't really ever engage me. It's slow pace and long run-time were a bad combination and the story just wasn't exciting enough compared to the films mentioned previously.
The way in which they were happy to go about having recognisable faces to play real people but not have the confidence to show the actor playing Al Gore…