
Jack Stanton is running for president. The election is seen through the eyes of young Henry Burton. Along the way Stanton must deal with a sex scandal.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jack Stanton is running for president. The election is seen through the eyes of young Henry Burton. Along the way Stanton must deal with a sex scandal.
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| USA TodayJack GarnerPerhaps Nichols and May's greatest accomplishment is capturing perfectly on film the mysterious, complex, compromised relationship the public has with today's political leaders. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkPrimary Colors perfectly captures the spirit of its topic and time to become The Big Chill of politics. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenPrimary Colors is one of the best film about politics I have ever seen and is director Mike Nichols best film since The Graduate, 31 years ago. |
| Philadelphia City PaperCynthia FuchsMaintains a fairly deft sense of irony and emotional resourcefulness with regard to its subject, which is, most broadly, the complicated interrelations among politics, sex, ethics and the press. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeTo be blunt, Primary Colors is one of the angriest and cynical films about running for political office ever made, but luckily it doesn't allow these two overpowering feelings to crush the film's power as entertainment. |
| Cincinnati EnquirerMargaret A. McGurkMike Nichols and screenwriter Elaine May have produced one of the smartest, funniest political movies of the past 20 years. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesThe picture is so funny at times that you may have trouble controlling yourself. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt's a superb film -- funny, insightful and very wise about the realities of political life. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenSophisticated and unsentimental political film. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsEric LurioIt's silly and profound at the same time and timely as hell and tells a truth as only a fictionalization can. |