The movie doesn't embrace its potential for farce, for suspense, or for outrage. Ultimately, the filmmakers could have punched a little harder.
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05/27/08
Recount (2008)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:13
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.4/10
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.... [More]
Reviews for Recount
1 - 18 (sorted by source; Australian critics are listed first)
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
Top CriticEsquemático 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.
07/10/08
I think it’s one of the best movies of the year.
05/27/08
Top CriticA fleet-footed, conversational study of potentially very dry material well-covered by the media of the day.
06/05/08
A second HBO movie has made its mark of excellence on TV. Recount probably would die at the box office in movie theaters, but it prevails on television. It's a hard sell.
02/01/09
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06/04/08
Butterfly ballots and hanging chads become the stuff of great political intrigue.
05/27/08
Roach gets a lot of suspenseful mileage out of these ping-ponging reversals of fortune.
05/27/08
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
An astute and deliciously engrossing film.
05/27/08
Top CriticThe movie offers easy targets and conclusions.
05/27/08
In the end, spin wins out over substance, just as it does in every modern American fairy tale.
05/27/08
It's impossible to overstate the excellent casting here.
05/27/08
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
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
Smart, star-studded and anchored by another fine-tuned performance from Kevin Spacey.
05/27/08
Top CriticAn 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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