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Power (1986)

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Reviews Counted:10

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Rotten:4

Average Rating:5.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Sidney Lumet's POWER focuses on the powerful media circus that plays into American politics. Starring Richard Gere as an influential press consultant, the film paints a picture of political... Sidney Lumet's POWER focuses on the powerful media circus that plays into American politics. Starring Richard Gere as an influential press consultant, the film paints a picture of political candidates who are bought and sold like pawns in a bigger game. [More]

Starring: Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman, Kate Capshaw

Starring: Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman, Kate Capshaw, Denzel Washington, E.G. Marshall, Beatrice Straight, Fritz Weaver

Director: Sidney Lumet

Director: Sidney Lumet

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Presents a provocative glimpse of the important role media experts play in the political process today.

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

The movie seems to be asking us to walk out of the theater shaking our heads in disillusionment, but I was more puzzled than disillusioned.

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There is little of the gratuitous hysteria that usually mars Lumet's work, and David Himmelstein's busy script keeps things moving, though at the price of losing track of a couple of significant subplots.

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Gere is a revelation

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