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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
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William Wolf
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