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Conventioneers (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 12

Fresh: 9

Rotten:3

Average Rating: 6.7/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Oct 20, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: CONVENTIONEERS follows MASSEY, a Republican delegate to the RNC who falls into an unlikely affair with a girl he knew in college -- LEA, a Liberal who has returned to the city to protest the... CONVENTIONEERS follows MASSEY, a Republican delegate to the RNC who falls into an unlikely affair with a girl he knew in college -- LEA, a Liberal who has returned to the city to protest the Republican agenda. Both are political virgins, who have surrounded themselves with like-minded colleagues and have never really confronted the "enemy" in the flesh. At the same time, DYLAN -- a former protester who dropped out of the scene after becoming a father -- must also confront his dedication to the cause when he is hired as a sign language interpreter for the President's speech at the convention. When he tells his activist friends about the job, they try to convince him to stage a protest during the President’s speech instead. The tension builds as Dylan reaches the convention floor itself, takes his place next to the President, while Massey and Lea try and find each other in the chaos outside. What follows will test their beliefs about politics, love and commitment, and will push buttons on both sides of the divide. Shooting entirely in New York, director Mora Stephens and producer Joel Viertel utilized the 2004 Republican National Convention by incorporating events of the RNC into the storyline of the film. The film blends actors with real events and real activists from both sides of the aisle, and features breakthrough performances by actors Matthew Mabe and Woodwyn Koons as the two star-crossed lovers and Alek Friedman as the interpreter, all of whom must choose between their political ideals and their personal desires during the tumultuous days of the convention. -- © Cinema Libre Studios. [More]

Starring: Matthew Mabe, Woodwyn Koons, Alek Friedman, Trevor Murphy

Starring: Matthew Mabe, Woodwyn Koons, Alek Friedman, Trevor Murphy

Director: Mora Stephens

Director: Mora Stephens
Studio: Cinema Libre

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A smart, savvy film about the choices and compromises we make in our quests for fulfillment...

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08/12/07
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Among the best micro-budget offerings of the year!

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01/04/07
Kam Williams
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12/30/06
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11/28/06
Film Threat

Despite its contrived, predictable elements, the novelty of the setting and ingenuity of the filmmakers give the work a genuine immediacy.

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11/08/06
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Hardly as thought-provoking as it imagines itself to be, and barely as exciting as the televised convention coverage itself.

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10/23/06
Chris Barsanti
Film Journal International

The homemade-looking Conventioneers can't decide whether it's a documentary about the 2004 Republican convention at Madison Square Garden or a love story about two activists from opposite sides of the aisle.

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10/20/06
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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It is a sign of the times that audiences will watch these equally selfish lovers and find one infinitely more sensible than the other.

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10/20/06
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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Directed by Mora Stephens and produced by Joel Viertel, the film was conceived before the convention and executed as it transpired.

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10/19/06
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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They may stand in for two halves of a country split by irreconcilable political differences. But as a couple they make not one lick of sense, regardless of how desperate each is.

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10/19/06
John Anderson
Newsday
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A successful mix of scripted drama with on-location improv, and a rare instance of U.S. narrative cinema that engages the politics of the moment, Mora Stephens' Conventioneers refreshes on several levels.

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10/18/06
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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One for the time capsule -- not just as an irrefutable visual record of the size, diversity, and vitriolic fervor of the anti-Bush protest movement, but also as a demonstration of how unbridgeable the red-blue divide seemed in those dark autumn months.

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10/18/06
Jim Ridley
Village Voice
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Stephens's assessment of the way our sharp political divide has enshrined our most uncompromising attributes is actually rather perceptive.

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10/08/06
Ed Gonzalez
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