
Summer, 2008: John McCain secures the nomination, but polls behind Barack Obama. Strategist Steve Schmidt suggests a game changer: picking a conservative female with media savvy, unknown Alaska governor Sarah Palin, as vice president. She's an immediate hit and a quick study - the gap closes. Then, Tina Fey's impersonation, a raft of criticism, and missing her family send Palin into a near-catatonic state: she doesn't prepare for her Katie Couric interview and bombs. Schmidt ... (Full plot summary below)
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Summer, 2008: John McCain secures the nomination, but polls behind Barack Obama. Strategist Steve Schmidt suggests a game changer: picking a conservative female with media savvy, unknown Alaska governor Sarah Palin, as vice president. She's an immediate hit and a quick study - the gap closes. Then, Tina Fey's impersonation, a raft of criticism, and missing her family send Palin into a near-catatonic state: she doesn't prepare for her Katie Couric interview and bombs. Schmidt searches for an answer: don't expect her to learn the issues, but give her a script. Palin does well in the debate with Biden; she finds her voice, goes off script, and goes rogue. A mistake?
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| San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandGame Change is graced by three extraordinary performances in the leading roles, beginning with Moore's portrayal of Palin, which is both complex and entirely credible. |
| NewsdayVerne GayA luminous and fully alive portrait by a first-rate actress. |
| VarietyBrian LowryBeyond the campaign, the movie yields sobering observations about the legitimacy of cable news, modern political extremism and the shrillest voices influencing the Republican Party. |
| Chicago TribuneLiz SmithActress Moore makes one actually feel sorry for Sarah Palin at points in this wonderful film. |
| Entertainment WeeklyKen TuckerGame Change does stress a theme that applies to both sides of the aisle. |
| TIME MagazineJames PoniewozikIt all feels like piling on - the campaign movie as blooper reel. |
| New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyIt takes a story whose outline we know and uses backstage access to turn it into a well-paced drama. |
| Digital JournalSarah GopaulThis established group of actors create such a convincing illusion that they make it feel as if the viewer was really in the room when these discussions occurred. |
| Herald Sun (Australia)Leigh PaatschA cracking political drama about the true story of the meteoric rise to notoriety by Alaska governor Sarah Palin (played with eerie precision by Julianne Moore). |
| Uncle BarkyEd BarkAs an entertaining, briskly paced political yarn, it's right up there with HBO's Emmy-winning Recount. |