Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood (2004)

Powerful

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Astonishing what passes for controversial and 'ideological' in mainstream US politics – the ideological differences, between the democrats and the republican…wow! Now there is chasm if I've ever seen one….The most tragically amusing, is the self-righteous self-aggrandising pondering of the extreme right wing pro-lifers....And to think these grotesque proponents of the sanctity of 'life', populate a planet were 3 children - who have actually been born - die every SECOND of EVERY MINUTE, OF EVERY HOUR, OF EVERY DAY, OF EVERY WEEK, OF EVERY MONTH, AND OF EVERY YEAR, from poverty, malnutrition, and basic infectious diseases...!! What is astonishing is the utter distortion of the Christian message of love, tolerance and forgiveness, to one of vengeful self righteous, vindictive neo-Darwinist obscurantism – what a nauseating spectacle

I may not agree with everything that Republicans do, but I don't agree with everything that Democrats do either. That's why I'm an Independent. Anyway, this was a really informative and interesting documentary. There are interviews with Republicans involved in the entertainment industry of America such as Drew Carey, Vincent Gallo, Ben Stein, and John Milius among others. There is a common stereotype that Republicans just rant and are always angry. People like Rush Limbaugh certainly don't help this common misconception. I'm happy to see that whole idea done away with completely once the interviewees actually sit down and talk frankly about what life is like in the industry. I also applaud the effort in going so far as to follow the efforts of Arnold Schwarzenegger to become mayor. That was all done very well and was interesting. I liked that Jesse Moss(the director) is a democrat and actually takes the time to unearth these ideas in an honest and hate-free way. It was really nice. The documentary works fine. I hate politics, mainly because I seem to know more about politics than almost everybody around me, so I am not particularly interested in seeing this again. But it's a solid documentary and it's worth checking out for anybody who is interested.Pros: -Good interviews -relaxed filming -no stereotypes or egos on display -generally very thought provoking Cons: -I would have liked to hear from more Republicans like Sylvester Stallone or someone -WAY WAY WAY too short

I was relieved to see someone finally exploring conservative values in Hollywood. Yes, people there are actual celebrities in Hollywood who are not too cowardly to say they vote Republican like most of us non-celebrity Americans did this last election. With the current liberal media preaching tolerance this documentary will hopefully convince all those touting this abused word to actually follow their own advice when conservative, working actors, comedians, musicians state their own conservative point of view. You have gotta hand it to former Democratic speech writer Jesse Moss for delving into such a provocative topic such as this.

As a republican, I was curious to watch a documentary of republicans in Hollywood. I was even more curious when the director disclosed in the first few minutes that he himself was a democrat, and I think this was the honest and correct thing to do. And even though he is covering a party and people he disagrees with, the show overall is fair and balanced.As for the quality, I thought the documentary was pretty good, but a very, very large portion of it concentrates on Aunuld's run for governor. We all know how that ends up and there have been other shows and even movies on that, so I think he should have done more interviews and concentrated less on "See Arnold Run" (for example Dennis Miller appears only in archive footage and would have been a good interviewee).The other thing I didn't like is that the director inserted too much of himself into the show - especially at the end. I really don't care what he decided to do after he was done with the documentary - I wanted to hear about politics in Hollywood. So a good portion of this film is really an ego piece ("Hey, look at me! I interviewing republicans! Now I'm working for democrats!").I'd give it between 4 and 5 stars.