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Jay Bulworth is your typical senator going through a nervous breakdown. The empty speeches, lies, money and pressure have led him to plan his own assassination on a weekend trip home to California just before the election. However, a cord snaps in him and like Jim Carrey's rambling lawyer in Liar, Liar, Bulworth can only tell the truth. This new freedom turns Bulworth on and he spews the ugly truth about politics: he tells mass media they are as corrupt as insurance companies; lambastes a black church for not having leaders; and riles the Jewish power elite of Hollywood. He enters South Central running away from advisors (including a bemused Oliver Platt) and mixing it up with a potential new girlfriend (Halle Berry) and a local boss (Don Cheadle). He offends across the board, even developing an inherent knack to rap his speeches. And the public loves it. The weekend becomes a clarifying point for Bulworth: he finds a reason to live.
Beatty's rude and relevant comedy is a one-joke movie but the joke is pretty good. It's a courageous film that is always sharp even though it loses narrative focus. Beatty's hilarious raps are so inspired they deserve repeated viewings. As usual, Beatty surrounds himself with a great crew, Ennio Morricone's music and Vittorio Storaro's cinematography being especially noteworthy. Beatty and Storaro even have the audacity to imitate two very famous photographs in the film's final seconds. The script by Beatty and Jeremy Pikser won the LA Film Critics award and was nominated for an Oscar. --Doug Thomas
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I'd read quite a bit about this movie over the years and finally jumped on the chance to pick up a cheap copy and give it a watch. If I'd have known just how funny this was I would have picked it up years ago. Warren Beatty directs and stars as Senator Bulworth who signs himself up to a $10m life insurance policy and then gets a hitman to kill him. Before he is killed he decides at a church meeting in a predominantly poor black area that he will tell it like it is and that the politicians don't care about them. He suddenly finds himself gaining popularity and he starts rapping about everything and even takes drugs at a club whilst trying to cancel the impending hit. Halle Berry is very good as Nina, who helps him on his campaign but is also being paid to kill him, unbeknown to him. Bulworth is a funny political film that actually brings up some valid political points and is definately coming recommended from me. 4/5
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Other than a few forced silly moments, this is the sharpest, darkest, bravest,
most disturbing political satire out of Hollywood since "Network".
This is Beatty's career best performance by far, making his rapidly breaking
down liberal US Senator into a character simultaneously howlingly
funny, pitiable, admirable, wince-inducing, pathetic and horrifying.
Beatty has made a film that walks the razor's edge right along with its lead
character, using deliberately provoking racial and cultural stereotypes at the
same time it shreds them.
This isn't a polite "the system needs fixing" movie, it's an in-your-face scream
that the system as we know it is broken, perhaps beyond all repair. That idea
seems only more timely now.
most disturbing political satire out of Hollywood since "Network".
This is Beatty's career best performance by far, making his rapidly breaking
down liberal US Senator into a character simultaneously howlingly
funny, pitiable, admirable, wince-inducing, pathetic and horrifying.
Beatty has made a film that walks the razor's edge right along with its lead
character, using deliberately provoking racial and cultural stereotypes at the
same time it shreds them.
This isn't a polite "the system needs fixing" movie, it's an in-your-face scream
that the system as we know it is broken, perhaps beyond all repair. That idea
seems only more timely now.
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This film is an excellent one. It is one of those rare films that manages to mesh satire, drama and message in a way that makes you feel you've watched something with a purpose, yet still you have been entertained.
Warren Beatty performs admirably as the senator that has nothing to live for, and who stirs up a hornet's nest by breaking out of his assigned political role of telling lies to the public and bowing to the will of big business, thinking that his life will end. His struggle to regain his life makes the story come alive with stark drama to balance the wit and cleverness of the comedy, and without spoiling the ending I will say that it is a masterpiece.
This may not be the best movie EVER, but it is incredibly well put together, which easily makes it top of the class of political satire.
Warren Beatty performs admirably as the senator that has nothing to live for, and who stirs up a hornet's nest by breaking out of his assigned political role of telling lies to the public and bowing to the will of big business, thinking that his life will end. His struggle to regain his life makes the story come alive with stark drama to balance the wit and cleverness of the comedy, and without spoiling the ending I will say that it is a masterpiece.
This may not be the best movie EVER, but it is incredibly well put together, which easily makes it top of the class of political satire.
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