I'm not usually a reviewer here but I was reading a couple of the reviews and wondered if I'd seen the same Movie!
The politics in this were pretty even handed: everyone's a bit morally suspect - except for the idealistic conservative senator who's gives really great speech about conservative values without being a raging fascist. I'd vote for him over the current crop of lunatics, anyway.
Adrian Grenier plays a totally believable Machiavelli - but thats got nothing to do with his politics.
It was refreshing to see a film that DIDNT embrace the usual left wing tropes, even if it paid lip service to some of them.
Politics aside, I really enjoyed it. A nice variety of characters you don't often see (Mimi Rogers as a sexually actively older woman in the vein of Lady Macbeth just kills it!) and the last 30 minutes or so really is a thrill ride.
Pretty much al l the acting was great.
Technically the film looked and sounded great; I'd love to see it in a theater.
If I have to pick a negative the music didn't do much for me and there were a couple of scenes where I felt they were a bit short of extras - but at this point I feel like I'm quibbling.
The politics in this were pretty even handed: everyone's a bit morally suspect - except for the idealistic conservative senator who's gives really great speech about conservative values without being a raging fascist. I'd vote for him over the current crop of lunatics, anyway.
Adrian Grenier plays a totally believable Machiavelli - but thats got nothing to do with his politics.
It was refreshing to see a film that DIDNT embrace the usual left wing tropes, even if it paid lip service to some of them.
Politics aside, I really enjoyed it. A nice variety of characters you don't often see (Mimi Rogers as a sexually actively older woman in the vein of Lady Macbeth just kills it!) and the last 30 minutes or so really is a thrill ride.
Pretty much al l the acting was great.
Technically the film looked and sounded great; I'd love to see it in a theater.
If I have to pick a negative the music didn't do much for me and there were a couple of scenes where I felt they were a bit short of extras - but at this point I feel like I'm quibbling.