Quite a rarity - a political film directed by a leftist liberal, George Clooney, which nevertheless presents the Democratic Party as hopelessly corrupt and cynical, and - SPOILER ALERT - an idealistic leftist politician as immoral and sexually irresponsible. Fittingly, the politician in question (played by Clooney himself) seems to combine the best qualities of Barack Obama and the worst vices of Bill Clinton. It's not a bad movie - the actors are great and the dialogue is memorable - but the ending is very awkward (from a narrative, not a political, point of view) and visually the film is nowhere near as innovative as Clooney's previous directorial efforts ("Confessions Of a Dangerous Mind" and "Good Night And Good Luck").
