The Candidate

  • 1972


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Positive Reviews 11
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Average Rating 3.4/5
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4.5
Ritchie and Redfords follow up to Downhill Racer is one of the more intelligent films to have been made about political machinations in America. Time Out
4.5
If this candidate doesnt prove to be a winner, Ill demand a recount. The Hollywood Reporter
4.5
One of the few good, truly funny American political comedies ever made. The New York Times
4.0
With Redford giving one of his best comedic performances, helped by a Oscar winning script, The Candidate is witty and charming, while looking good an ..
1.5
Reveals the hollow center of a campaign manipulated by media mercenaries and political Machiavellis who value victory over integrity and substantive m .. Spirituality And Practice
1.5
Well and good, but The Candidate still doesnt qualify in my eyes and ears as one of the few good, truly funny American political comedies ever made. Village Voice
3.5
The result is a fascinating film that sometimes feels like a documentary. Despite minor glitches, this is a prophetic glimpse of politics in the age o .. Tv Guide
1.5
But Redfords inability to suggest any irony about himself finally sinks itits the only sanctimonious satire youll ever see. Chicago Reader
4.0
Robert Redfords engaging performance here breathes fresh life into the all power corrupts theme, and the sharply observed situations won an Oscar for .. Radio Times
4.2
The manager continues to manipulate him: You wont only lose, youll be humiliated. Emanuellevy
3.8
It would be too easy to blame it on the system, which this film correctly doesnt do. Dennis Schwartz Reviews
4.5
is the best film about American electioneering politics since The Presidents Analyst. Archive Spectator
1.5
Neither the authentic political atmosphere nor canny performances by Redford, Boyle and Porter go far to cut through the basic glibness of the film. Content Time
1.5
It is full of political insights, of ironic humor. It shows an understanding of words that mean nothing. What the script lacks is definition of people .. Cleveland Press
4.5
Much like Network, this satire on an American institution continues to gain relevance instead of lose it. Contact Music
4.5
Redfords superior acting talents, which not often enough are tapped by the scripts he decides to do, are nearly all on display herein in a virtuoso pe ..



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