An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail (blurb courtesy of Imdb.com). Such is the premise of this political thriller directed and starred by George Clooney, who just comes in handy with the forthcoming US presidential election, which as you well know pits the current occupant of the White House, Barack Obama, versus hopeful Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney on Tuesday 6.
This is not Clooney's only politically-charged movie behind the camera, as he also directed - and starred - the 2005 drama "Good Night and Good Luck", based on real events and set in 1950s America, during the days of anti-communist Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy, who had this fierce conflict with Edward Burrow, a pioneering television journalist in the 50s.
The always effective George Clooney leads a star-studded cast, consisting of some great names in contemporary Hollywood like Philip Seymour Hoffman (one of my favourite American actors, I daresay), Paul Giamatti and Marisa Tomei, alongside one of the most exciting young actors on screen today, Ryan Gosling, who I recently saw play a very convincing role in "Drive" (a bit too violent to my taste but interesting enough anyway).
The trailer looks really promising and I just hope you guys will join me and watch "The ides of March".
If you guys eventually do so, please post your comments here. How much you liked / hated the film and why, your favourite scene, ... any contribution is welcome!
