The Front Runner (2018) (original) (raw)

American Senator Gary Hart's presidential campaign in 1988 is derailed when he's caught in a scandalous love affair.

American Senator Gary Hart's presidential campaign in 1988 is derailed when he's caught in a scandalous love affair. (less)

Director: Jason Reitman
Writers: Matt Bai, Jay Carson, Jason Reitman
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Alfred Molina, Mamoudou Athie, Josh Brener
Producer: Jason Reitman

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Review by Brian Orndorf, November 15, 2018

6 / 10

Director Jason Reitman sets out to make a film about 1988 feel like a production from 1972, and he�s largely successful with his vision for a snappy, zoom-happy, roving-camera endeavor. �The Front Runner� is meant to evoke cinema form the past while telling a very modern tale of sensationalism, using the saga of Gary Hart�s failed run for the White House to establish a line crossed by journalists as candidate coverage turned into a character assassination game, and for good reasons. Reitman�s already made a gem this year with last spring�s �Tully,� and while his vision is clear for �The Front ...read more...

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