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Running Mates (2000)

August. 13,2000
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5.7
| Drama Comedy TV Movie

A governor running for President gets revealed to be a serial philanderer.

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Robert Joyner
2000/08/13

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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Erica Derrick
2000/08/14

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Zandra
2000/08/15

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

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Scarlet
2000/08/16

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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Nicholsworth1946
2000/08/17

Good overall, but I thought the bathroom scene with 3 ex-lovers discussing their flings in the presence of the candidate's wife was gratuitously tacky and tasteless. Cut that scene, and this would get several more stars. The scene where the candidate waits to the end of his Acceptance Speech to reveal his choice of running mate is unrealistic, but dramatically effective. Tom Selleck is a commanding presence. Robert Culp is cast to type as the somewhat sleazy,untrustworthy chap. Faye Dunaway plays the role of the drunken,neglected wife convincingly. Laura Linney was well cast - as was the film as a whole. Selleck has been good in everything he has been in.

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formula44xxx
2000/08/18

Sure some of the characters in this film, about a Governor (Tom Selleck) running for president, seem hollow and fake...but isn't that the way politics is? As it goes this is a decent entry, though you would be better suited watching 'Bob Roberts' from 1992. The cast here is good, with Laura Linney and Nancy Travis giving the film's best performances, while Faye Dunaway is embarrassingly bad at first, then delivers a poignant middle before settling down at the bottom again near the end. Why does this woman keep getting Golden Globe nominations for such overripe performances? I Recommend this mostly for political junkies or for viewing during election season.

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TerraFed
2000/08/19

This is a "Robert Kennedy" movie. It portrays things as they aren't and asks "Why not?"Witty and topical, it reminds me of the somewhat superior "Barbarians at the Gate". It not "The Candidate" either, but it entertains effortlessly. If the ending is predictable, it is also emotionally satisfying.The biggest surprise is the degree of language and nudity in a commercial cable movie. We get not one, but two lingering views of Teri Hatcher's backside. Even NYPD Blue hasn't shown this much skin for such long shots.

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kikib37
2000/08/20

I enjoyed this movie. It was very reminiscent of the Clinton administration. While the presidential hopeful in this movie turns out to be a decent guy and makes for a happy ending, it makes the movie somewhat unrealistic. While it may fall short on realistically portraying the typical presidential candidate, Running Mates does a good job of portraying the media hoopla candidates receive and the behind-the-scenes work it takes to make the man.

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