Bulworth

Pros: Witty, intelligent and no holds barred,by Warren Beatty! Halle Berry, and Oliver Platt
Cons: There are no easy answers. Sometimes even the questions are hard.

The Populace is unaroused. . This is in the opening credits, describing the pre-election days of the 1996 campaign.

This political satire is one of the funniest, and most interesting I’ve seen in the past few years. Written and...

Pros: Well known songs by major artists used to set the mood in some scenes.
Cons: Script, confusing message, acting...I coiuld go on and on.

As I sat today watching Bulworth I felt compelled to epinionize on it. I just couldn't let a movie like this go by without posting some comments on it for everyone to see.
Did I like it? Read on to find out!

What is it?
This...

Pros: An interesting premise
Cons: Pursues it in a predictable way

Whoever came up with the name of the title character of this movie seems to come from the Charles Dickens school of character naming -- the mode of thought that holds that a character should have a name that hits the audience over the head with the...

Pros: Great performances, and a film that will make you think long and hard
Cons: Pointlessly juvenile asides and a broken structure

Common knowledge is that in order to make light of politicians - in Hollywood at least - the easiest, and by far most effective trick is to transform your smooth talking, two faced, baby-kissing politician into something that is, essentially, the...

Pros: If you like comedies with a political tone, you will benefit from this one.
Cons: If you don't like rap, you will be a little bothered, but surely rap is used here in a very interesting manner. I even began to like it.

"You gotta be a spirit, not a ghost."

These are the last remarks of an old beggar to the cameras, at the end of "Bulworth."

Warren Beaty plays Senator Jay Bulworth, who is willing to commit suicide, and decides...

Pros: Scathing contemporary social satire
Cons: Guaranteed to offend practically everyone

When I first saw this movie, I decided Warren Beatty must be (a) the most gutsy filmmaker in Hollywood, or (b) out of his mind. "Bulworth" is the most politically incorrect concept possible, guaranteed to offend practically everyone and...

Pros: really funny and idealistic, too
Cons: a lot of swearing (still, I think it was necessary given the script)

In honor of the upcoming elections, I am reviewing one politically-themed movie every week until the week of November 7, 2000. This week I viewed Bulworth, a funny movie that delivers a great message, albeit one that our current politicians are...

Pros: good idea for a movie, makes a good societal statement
Cons: not a very good movie

When I saw the trailers for "Bulworth", I thought this was going to be a must-see movie that exposed a lot of the hypocracy of our political system. It did have a lot to say about corruption in government, as well as racism and other topics. It is...

Pros: The title
Cons: the movie

What I like about this movie is the title, "Bulworth" (1998). What it is worth is "bull". What I hate about this film is that it is 107 minutes too long, which is the length of this feckless flick.

It is not enough that a...

Pros: Warren Beatty, very strong message
Cons: Just like in the film, there are some who won't be able to take the film's politics

I've seen a lot of movies that have a so-called "message". Some statement about life or society that they want people to carry away from it. But I can't remember the last time that a film made such a profound statement and expressed it's...

Pros: The plot is great, Beatty and Berry both perform perfectly.
Cons: Beatty still can't rap, no matter how hard he tries.

I was walking through the local supermarket, when in their $3.99 video section, I spot this movie. I remembered it vaguely from the commercials when it first came out, but not a lot else. Seeing as how I hate movie hype, I figured the cost of a pack of...

Pros: Sharp, pointed satire
Cons: Lameass rap songs

I didn't care what this movie was about; as soon as I heard it featured 61-year-old Warren Beatty rapping, I knew I had to see it. Little did I know Bulworth would be the best political satire of the decade and a key moment in Beatty's career. Yes, it's...

Pros: Cool on many different levels
Cons: They didn't put Ice Cube's "the wrong n**** to f*** wit'" or Public Enemy's "200 Miles and Runnin' " on the soundtrack CD

It is a long-known fact that history is written by people who crucify those who tell the truth. And in the grand tradition of Phillip Wylie, Richard Hooker and Tom Robbins, 'Bulworth' uses comedy to drive home a hard-hitting message; that, to...

Pros: Great performances, funny and thought-provoking social commentary, great soundtrack
Cons: A bit too "much" at times as far as genre-mixing

J. Billington Bulworth (Warren Beatty), Democratic senator of California, is tired of the speeches, the flesh pressing, the spin doctoring and the image of a politician. He's fed up, cynical and disillusioned with a system he sees (rightly so) as...

Pros: Great Truth about Politicians
Cons: Can't really say...... would give it away

Warren Beatty plays a confused, upset by the way his life is going Senator(Jay Billingston Bulworth) in this political movie. Halle Berry plays a possible love interest. Don Cheadle plays his trusty assistant(Murphy).

Bulworth isn't happy with...