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Name: The Ides of March
Released: 2011-10-7
Cast: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei

The Ides of March

R
1h 41m
2011

83%

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An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. Based on the play by Beau Willimon.

Director:

George Clooney

Producer:

Grant Heslov, Brian Oliver

Writer:

Beau Willimon

Cast:

Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Evan Rachel Wood

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

83%

Critics Consensus: While not exactly exposing revelatory truths, The Ides of March is a supremely well-acted drama that moves at a measured, confident clip.

Reviews

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Don Shanahan

While the acting looks good on posters, sells tickets, and brings people in, the movie's every-evolving chess match of political dealings, secrets, twists, and double-crosses will keep you talking about it after you leave.

Clooney isn’t some coastal liberal elite shoving his highbrow progressive bona-fides down our throats; he’s reminding us that he learned these principles right here and continues to wave that banner for all the world to see.

Undoubtedly George Clooney’s most accomplished directorial effort...

It’s ultimately less political thriller or election allegory than morality play in partisan dress.

Here’s a film about the death of idealism at the hands of a compromised political and electoral system. And sadly, it’s told with enough realism and basis in truth to make it a disheartening tragedy for every American.

March 7, 2023

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