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Movie Overview
Cast
• John Travolta
• Emma Thompson
• Kathy Bates
Director
• Mike Nichols
MPAA Rating
R
Primary Colors (1998)

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OFCS Rating: 82% Fresh
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B
"Director Mike Nichols never allows Primary Colors to get bogged down in a moralistic morass."  AboutFilm.com  Carlo Cavagna

3.5/5
"Worth a look, but don't expect any great insights into the workings of the system ... or the workings of Clinton's mind."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

"Maintains a fairly deft sense of irony and emotional resourcefulness with regard to its subject, which is, most broadly, the complicated interrelations among politics, sex, ethics and the press."  Philadelphia City Paper  Cynthia Fuchs

84/100
"A great political pot-boiler."  Apollo Guide  Dan Jardine

3.5/4
"Primary Colors has all the right intentions."  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

C+
"The film owes a few doggie bones to "Wag the Dog," which came first in pointing out what Primary Colors only seconds."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

"In this brilliant and incisive drama, the filmmakers reveal the shadow sides of American politics."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

2.5/4
"Dramatically weak."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

2.5/4
"The book was explicit in its indictment of Clinton (or his clone or whatever), but the movie, while keeping most of the storyline the same and many of the scenes literally verbatim, still manages to tiptoe around the issue of personal responsibility."  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

3/4
"The film asks if it matters if a man's got a questionable personal life if he's good at his job, and God knows this is a relevant question."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

3.5/4
"Surprisingly well directed."  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

9/10
"A surprisingly moving story."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3/4
"A savvy and thought-provoking look at the nature of contemporary American politics."  TheMovieReport.com  Michael Dequina

4/5
"Primary Colors successfully straddles the line between comedy and tragedy."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

10/10
"Primary Colors is one of the best film about politics I have ever seen and is director Mike Nichols best film since The Graduate, 31 years ago."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

B
"John Travolta has himself a good deal of fun with his take-off on President Clinton."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

10/10
Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 82% Fresh
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