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Name: Primary Colors
Released: 1998-3-20
Cast: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester

Primary Colors

R
2h 23m
1998

80%

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John Travolta leads an all-star cast (including Oscar® winners Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton) on a wild race to the presidency in this savagely funny comedy. Jack Stanton (Travolta) is a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ambitious wife, Susan (Thompson). Running against the odds, the Stantons need all the help they can get from their extremely colorful political team. Together, they take off on a hilarious, heart-wrenching and ultimately history-making roller coaster ride to the top.

Director:

Mike Nichols

Producer:

Mike Nichols

Writer:

Elaine May

Cast:

John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester, Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman, Paul Guilfoyle, Diane Ladd, Rob Reiner, Mykelti Williamson, Tony Shalhoub, Allison Janney

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

80%

Critics Consensus: Well acted and suprisingly funny.

Reviews

Stuff.co.nz

James Croot

By playing the political satire straight, Newell and screenwriter Elaine May drained Primary Colors of all its potential vibrancy, leaving only a bland dramedy in its place.

The film makes a good pseudo-documentary and presents several ideas that should be considered when looking at the presidency of the man everyone feels cheats on his wife, but can still effectively run the country.

Primary Colors has some wonderful comic moments, but it doesn't enlighten us much about the political process.

Primary Colors, Nichols' second feature with screenwriter and former stand-up comedy partner Elaine May, is mainstream filmmaking at its most accomplished.

The performances are splendid, beginning with Travolta's magnificent turn as the big-hearted but hardballing man with 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on his horizon.

March 21, 2019

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