Silver City (2004)

3/5

Cooper does a terrific job, mimicking Bush’s speech and mannerisms as well as his tendency to ramble and go off script with hilarious consequences.

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07/23/05

3/5

Sayles wraps a gripping murder mystery around a rather unsubtle political satire.

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05/22/05

C+

Too close to reality to be effective as satire.

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04/22/06

8/10

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07/22/05

B-

Sayles traces how rumor, conjecture, and outright lies seep into the [political] discussion and drive it.

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04/14/05

4/5

At its core, Silver City is a biting tirade on the current anti-enviromental policies of the Bush administration.

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01/12/05

2/5

Sayles must have felt the need to weigh in on the last election. But if he was going to do it, a little more planning, writing -- and especially casting -- would have helped.

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11/19/04

3.5/5

[A] promising but inconsistent mystery.

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11/18/04

3/5

You can admire Sayles' intentions all you like, but it's hard to defend the film as an artistic accomplishment.

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10/20/04

3/5

Sayles is at his best when he has something more substantial to say than 'Bush sucks.'

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10/16/04

2/5

Chris Cooper is art; the supporting cast is good, but the film is completely bogged down by actual lead Danny Huston.

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10/14/04

N/A

[L]ays bare... the mess that is the American political scene today: corruption, hypocrisy, ignorance, arrogance, fearmongering, divisiveness, and incipient fascism.

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10/13/04

N/A

Silver City is nowhere near Sayles at his best.

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10/08/04

N/A

The plot of Silver City is movieish in the extreme, with filthy abandoned mines subbing for the bars and alleys of urban noir, but it's no more than mild cheese.

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10/06/04