Director : David Gordon Green
Running Time : 108 mins
Pedro Castillo (de Almeida) is a Bolivian politician running for the presidential election in his home country. He hires an American consulting firm to help him improve his image and win, and in turn the company hires semi-retired ‘Calamity’ Jane Bodine (Bullock) to manage the campaign. When she realises that one of the opposition campaigns is being run by long-time rival Pat Candy (Thornton) she decides to run a smear campaign in order to win.
Based on actual events, this movie is actually very well executed. In spite of adding comedy to the character of Jane Bodine, this is quite the downhearted drama, with information about the characters coming out as the movie progresses which makes them feel so much darker than they were at the start. People who start out as caricatures soon turn into far more complex characters which makes for an intriguing watch.
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