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It’s amazing what
sleep deprivation can do to your head…
California Senator Jay Billington
Bulworth (Warren Beatty) finds out the hard way. He hasn’t slept or eaten for days,
thanks to his grueling re-election campaign schedule and the pressure that his
constituents are placing on him. Convinced that the most recent political disaster—just
days before the primaries—means the end of his career, he gets himself a $10 million life
insurance policy and hires some unknown hit man to kill him.
Bulworth’s
exhaustion makes him let loose and start doing things that are very un-political—like
being dangerously honest. And as the C-SPAN cameras follow close behind, he tells a
church full of poor inner-city dwellers that their needs don’t really matter because they
don’t contribute to his campaign fund. He tells Hollywood execs that they make horrible
movies. And he runs off to spend the night chasing a beautiful young woman (Halle Berry)
at an all-black after-hours club. That’s when he changes his mind about dying—and he
decides that he’s got to try to call off the killing before it’s too
late.
With its unexpected storyline and a twist or two to keep you on your
toes, this movie will make you laugh until you cry—right up to its frustratingly
ambiguous ending, which was the only part of this movie that I didn’t like. Warren
Beatty is wonderful—and Halle Berry shows why the Academy Award she won in 2002 was no
fluke. If you’re as cynical about politicians as I am (and really, who isn’t?), you’ll
enjoy this one.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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