Every once in a long while, a movie comes along with decent mainstream attention and yet speaks mostly to the punk and anti-establishment individuals.
With nothing left to live for, a California senator attempts to drive his campaign into the ground by bluntly slamming politics, the government, the media, lobbyists, big corporations, and other things activist kids in college love to trash. Senator Bulworth's plan backfires though and his refreshing take on politics gains him popularity.
His new connection with the quieted and abused minorities of America gives him new reason to live, and so a large part of the plot involves Bulworth tries to call of the hit he put on himself when he was suicidal. The plot is just an excuse to fill time between political commentary though, which is clearly the meat of the movie.
It's a good premise too. It speaks against modern-day oppression and promotes truth in politics, as a radical notion. The way Bulworth makes fools of the "rich, white majority" empowers the viewer's sense of justice that truth prevails.
Let it never be said though that a good premise means a perfect movie. Perhaps some might try to justify the rest of the movie in the name of a good message, but the movie has plenty of flaws.
First off, although it's a satire, it still requires the viewer to suspend a lot of belief to buy some of ridiculous things along the way. For example how one man can do so many nonchalant things like smoke pot in public or making out with a woman who isn't your wife in front of reporters and not have his opponents pick up on it immediately and trash his record, or why his plans for the future are completely inconsistent with his actions in the past six years. Instead, all anyone ever asks is, "What's with the new campaign style?"
The movie presents its side of the story as the ideal setup without any of the realistic repercussions or even the other side of the story. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the movie is a comedy, it would be nothing more than a propaganda film. As it stands though, it is a comedy, and so one can't take *everything* seriously. It does provide some funny moments, such as any time Warren Beatty raps.
Overall, it's a nice message. The audience it specifically caters for will eat the movie up like candy. The execution is decent but flawed. Worth a watch.
With nothing left to live for, a California senator attempts to drive his campaign into the ground by bluntly slamming politics, the government, the media, lobbyists, big corporations, and other things activist kids in college love to trash. Senator Bulworth's plan backfires though and his refreshing take on politics gains him popularity.
His new connection with the quieted and abused minorities of America gives him new reason to live, and so a large part of the plot involves Bulworth tries to call of the hit he put on himself when he was suicidal. The plot is just an excuse to fill time between political commentary though, which is clearly the meat of the movie.
It's a good premise too. It speaks against modern-day oppression and promotes truth in politics, as a radical notion. The way Bulworth makes fools of the "rich, white majority" empowers the viewer's sense of justice that truth prevails.
Let it never be said though that a good premise means a perfect movie. Perhaps some might try to justify the rest of the movie in the name of a good message, but the movie has plenty of flaws.
First off, although it's a satire, it still requires the viewer to suspend a lot of belief to buy some of ridiculous things along the way. For example how one man can do so many nonchalant things like smoke pot in public or making out with a woman who isn't your wife in front of reporters and not have his opponents pick up on it immediately and trash his record, or why his plans for the future are completely inconsistent with his actions in the past six years. Instead, all anyone ever asks is, "What's with the new campaign style?"
The movie presents its side of the story as the ideal setup without any of the realistic repercussions or even the other side of the story. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the movie is a comedy, it would be nothing more than a propaganda film. As it stands though, it is a comedy, and so one can't take *everything* seriously. It does provide some funny moments, such as any time Warren Beatty raps.
Overall, it's a nice message. The audience it specifically caters for will eat the movie up like candy. The execution is decent but flawed. Worth a watch.