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Wrong Is Right

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Wrong Is Right (1981)

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Reviews Counted: 8

Fresh: 3

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 5.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Broad political farce which follows the exploits of a world traveling TV field correspondent (Sean Connery) working for the World Television Network, who uncovers a terrorist plot to get hold of a... Broad political farce which follows the exploits of a world traveling TV field correspondent (Sean Connery) working for the World Television Network, who uncovers a terrorist plot to get hold of a nuclear bomb to sell to a Mideast country, and the subsequent effect the story has on the President of the United States, his political opponent and a chauvinist general. [More]

Starring: Sean Connery, Katharine Ross, Robert Conrad, George Grizzard

Starring: Sean Connery, Katharine Ross, Robert Conrad, George Grizzard, G.D. Spradlin, Henry Silva, John Saxon, Leslie Nielsen, Ron Moody, Robert Webber, Rosalind Cash, Dean Stockwell, Hardy Kruger, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Director: Richard Brooks

Director: Richard Brooks

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The film is rather haphazard in its visual style and plotting, tallying up to a confused condemnation of our lack of morality.

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Wild proceedings are packed with convoluted intrigue.

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Veering wildly between a quite well-written satire on the contemporary American political scene and a very ham-fisted nuclear blackmail thriller, its sheer eccentricity is quite engaging.

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Emanuel Levy
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The star of Wrong Is Right is Sean Connery, giving the first uncertain performance of his otherwise exemplary career.

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Vincent Canby
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07/28/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
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Wrong Is Right is a cautionary tale about amorality.

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02/04/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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An almost prophetic comedy about political spin and the internecine battles between various intelligence agencies in the US.

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