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Critical Consensus

Dueling Critics
starstarstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstarstar Michael Wilmington - Chicago Tribune
starstarstarstar Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee
starstarstarstar Nell Minow - MovieMom.com
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Margaret McGurk - Cincinnati Enquirer
starstarstar Lou Lumenick - NY Post
starstarstar Jeff Vice - Deseret News
starstarstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstarstar Bob Graham - SF Chronicle
starstarstar Philip Wuntch - Dallas Morning News
starstarstar Mike Clark - USA Today
starstarstar Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
starstar Robert Horton - Film.com
starstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe

“This is one of those rare movies where you leave the theater having been surprised and entertained, and then start arguing”

- Roger Ebert

“[S]o crudely written as to make its espousing of progressive principles seem crassly exploitative to the point of self-parody”

- Jay Carr

The Contender
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A female Senator (Joan Allen) nominated for the Vice-presidency has to withstand an embarrassing confirmation hearing as a congressman (Gary Oldman) tries to denounce her for an alleged sex scandal in her past. Jeff Bridges, Sam Elliott, Christian Slater, Mariel Hemingway, Kristen Shaw. Director: Rod Lurie (2000, R)
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