A fair warning that the world is watching to see whether Karl Rove and company put their thumbs on the scales again.
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02/17/07
So Goes the Nation (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 22
Fresh: 20
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release: Oct 4, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: "...SO GOES THE NATION" examines America's tumultuous electoral process through the eyes of diverse politicians, activists, and voters. The 2004 presidential election between George W. Bush and John Kerry provides the stage, showing... [More]
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Reviews for So Goes the Nation
This informative documentary offers a sound, if uninspiring lesson in civics.
12/22/06
Top Critic Documentarians Adam Del Deo and James Stern present a cogent and comprehensive postmortem of the 2004 presidential election in Ohio.
12/22/06
The film's triple thesis is that elections are run badly, Democrats are often clueless and Republicans are clever. Maybe -- but that still leaves too many unanswered questions.
12/21/06
Um olhar imparcial sobre as estratégias de democratas e republicanos durante a eleição presidencial de 2004, o filme buca analisar os erros e acertos que conduziram à reeleição de Bush, oferecendo respostas inteligentes e, muitas vezes, surpreendentes.
12/02/06
An unpretty picture of the 2004 Presidential election campaign animated by big money, power politics, negative campaign ads, and hatred.
11/05/06
Directors James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo make Ohio a confounding crucible of the American political machine and a microcosm of the country's cultural and socioeconomic fractures.
11/03/06
Supported by commentary from both Republican and Democratic operatives, the movie confirms what most of us have known all along: Electability is all about staying on message. The truth and verifiability of that message is something else again.
10/19/06
Filmmakers James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo captured fascinating glimpses of the action leading up to the election, as well as the Monday morning quarterbacking (from Republicans and Democrats) about what went wrong or right.
10/19/06
Top Critic From its riveting opening to its gripping conclusion, . . . So Goes the Nation is arguably the most intelligent, kinetic analysis of the modern election process since The War Room.
10/19/06
Particularly valuable for its insightful and ultimately depressing portrait of political machinations.
10/17/06
It shows that the rules of politics remain pretty simple: stay on message and don't say stupid stuff. Advice that's as straightforward as good steak -- and just as easy to screw up.
10/12/06
Directors Adam Del Deo and James Stern focus on fieldworkers for both Bush and John Kerry -- plus voters of various loyalties -- in the days leading to the election.
10/06/06
One still feels twinges of rue at the fair and foul means through which voters were persuaded to re-elect a president widely considered unpopular and, thus, vulnerable to defeat.
10/05/06
A strikingly mature, but no less passionate, counterpoint to many of the season's angrier political documentaries.
10/05/06
A what went wrong? documentary that succinctly and ruthlessly dissects the battle for Ohio in the months leading up to the 2004 presidential election.
10/04/06
Top Critic Neither newly revelatory nor formally innovative, docu's even-handed style cannily enables IFC's simultaneous... release in theaters and on cable.
10/04/06
Top Critic ... So Goes the Nation sticks to reporting. Unlike most political documentaries, it doesn't preach -- to the choir or to anyone else.
10/04/06
A detailed and somewhat straggling account of the 2004 presidential election's flashpoint climax in Ohio.
10/03/06
It's frustrating to think that it's too late to do much about what happened.
10/03/06
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