Directed by:
David Gordon GreenScreenplay:
Peter StraughanCinematography:
Tim OrrComposer:
David WingoCast:
Sandra Bullock, Zoe Kazan, Billy Bob Thornton, Scoot McNairy, Anthony Mackie, Ann Dowd, Joaquim de Almeida, Sam Medina, Nazeema Bartek, Jim Gleason (more)Plots(1)
A Bolivian presidential candidate failing badly in the polls enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still brilliant strategist "Calamity" Jane Bodine (Bullock). In self-imposed retirement following a scandal that earned her nickname and rocked her to her core, Jane is coaxed back into the game for the chance to beat her professional nemesis, the loathsome Pat Candy (Thornton), now coaching the opposition. But as Candy zeroes in on every vulnerability – both on and off the campaign trail – Jane is plunged into a personal crisis as intense as the one her team exploits nationally to boost their numbers. Dramatic, rapid-fire and laced with satire. (Warner Bros. UK)
(more)Reviews (2)
Sandra Bullock and Zoe Kazan have made this, at times mediocre, film into something that is fun to watch. I remember mostly Sandra’s bare butt plus nice views of Bolivia and La Paz.
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Sandra Bullock once again proves that she definitely knows how to act, and she shows it in a picture that she absolutely enjoys in how she manages to show that politics is just a big comedy for people and nothing else. We simply don't want to realize it. The ending is foolishly idealistic, but why not. She would probably get a brick though.
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