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A Perfect Candidate

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A Perfect Candidate (1996)

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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 13  Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6.8/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Synopsis: A wryly humorous documentary focusing on the 1994 Virginia Senate race, which pitted incumbent Charles Robb against "American Hero" and former Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North. Commentary from the North camp is provided by strategist Mark Goodin; Washington Post political... A wryly humorous documentary focusing on the 1994 Virginia Senate race, which pitted incumbent Charles Robb against "American Hero" and former Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North. Commentary from the North camp is provided by strategist Mark Goodin; Washington Post political reporter Don Bakes provides a counterpoint. [More]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Starring: Mark Goodin

Director: R.J. Cutler, David Van Taylor
Producer: Dan Partland, Ted Skillman

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 4, 2005

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DVD Features:

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Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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3/5

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07/12/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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78/100

An interesting, if uneven, documentary.

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08/24/04
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide
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3/5

No review available.

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11/07/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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Click to read the article

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04/16/02
Washington Post
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What fun it is to watch.

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04/15/02
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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3.5/4

Shrewd, involving

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02/14/01
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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The film dwells a bit too much on North's unpleasant campaign strategist, Mark Goodin.

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01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner
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3/4

It's quite a revealing, amusing and ultimately dispiriting trip

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Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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One of a small handful of essential films about politics in this country.

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01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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3/4

Fascinating, if more than a little depressing

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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A fine, trenchant political documentary on a par with The War Room

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01/01/00
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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3/4

Plays more like the satirical Bob Roberts than a documentary

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Kat Giantis
Boxoffice Magazine
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2/4

The film fails as a portrait of a man. But as an insider's look at a Senate campaign, it holds interest.

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01/01/00
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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3/4

Personalities are being sold, not parties or philosophies, and A Perfect Candidate makes that process even more interesting because one candidate, Robb, apparently has no personality at all, while the other, North, has two.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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An encouraging item from the film is the claim that, of those who considered honesty and ethics important considerations in choosing a senator, three-fourths voted against North.

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Roger Schmeekle
Film.com
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Perversely entertaining

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01/01/00
Steve Davis
Austin Chronicle
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