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Name: The Swamp
Released: 2021-1-31
Cast: Matt Gaetz, Thomas Massie, Ken Buck, Lawrence Lessig, Ro Khanna

The Swamp

TV-14
1h 54m
2021

67%

Get ready to pull back the curtain on Washington politics in this riveting documentary that follows three renegade Republican congressmen as they bring libertarian and conservative zeal to champion the President's call to "drain the swamp," while facing demands to raise money for their re-election campaigns and the Republican national party. Directors Daniel DiMauro and Morgan Pehme ("Get Me Roger Stone") track Republican Congressmen Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Ken Buck (R-CO) over the course of a pivotal year in politics, providing unique behind-the-scenes access to the inner workings of the House of Representatives amid major breaking news events.

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

67%

Critics Consensus: Interesting but unfocused, The Swamp's multi-subject approach opens the floor for a lot of questions - and answers very few.

Reviews

The Daily Beast

Nick Schager

Directors DiMauro and Pehme fully recognize that these supposed rebels-and Gaetz in particular-are bald-faced hypocrites who don't walk their own talk.

Yet while I didn't come out of "The Swamp" with any more respect for Republican lawmakers than when I went in (okay, maybe a smidgen in a couple of cases), I did find the film and Gaetz equally fascinating.