Recount (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 12 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.4/10
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Synopsis: An all-star cast heads this gripping look at the 2000 presidential election and its aftermath. Hanging chads, uncounted votes, and a controversial Supreme Court decision elected President George W. Bush in one of the most contested elections in American history. By turns hilarious and... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Laura Dern, John Hurt
Director: Jay Roach
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Esquemático a ponto de mergulhar a narrative em um tom burocrático, merece créditos pela atuação de Spacey, Dern e Begley Jr., representando também uma bem-vinda (ainda que não totalmente bem-sucedida) mudança de rumo na carreira de Roach.
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07/10/08
A fleet-footed, conversational study of potentially very dry material well-covered by the media of the day.
06/05/08
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06/04/08
Recount, an efficient and relentless enactment of the strategists on both sides of the Florida controversy, shows an accident that was waiting to happen.
05/27/08
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Though depressing as a reminder of how George W. Bush's presidency was won by the concerted efforts of numerous Republican interests more or less working independently of each other, it's also a screechy example of liberal Hollywood condescension.
05/27/08
The movie doesn't embrace its potential for farce, for suspense, or for outrage. Ultimately, the filmmakers could have punched a little harder.
05/27/08
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A splendid cast mostly just sits around watching the bad news on television, dutiful to the letter of Danny Strong’s conscientious script yet insufficiently roused to righteous spirit even as, before their eyes, our republic gets banana’d.
05/27/08
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Roach gets a lot of suspenseful mileage out of these ping-ponging reversals of fortune.
05/27/08
Butterfly ballots and hanging chads become the stuff of great political intrigue.
05/27/08
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An electrifying slapstick tragedy about a mad moment in American politics, a moment that must never happen again but easily could.
05/27/08
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Smart, star-studded and anchored by another fine-tuned performance from Kevin Spacey.
05/27/08
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In the end, spin wins out over substance, just as it does in every modern American fairy tale.
05/27/08
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It grovels for the approval of political junkies while flaunting the shallowest interest in politics, and everything flows from there in the most silly fashion.
05/27/08
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As the latest wave of Obamamania sweeps the country, look forward to HBO's Recount...or peek into the past with HBO's...
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