Wag the Dog
Wag the Dog

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After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. One of his advisers contacts a top Hollywood producer in order to manufacture a war in Albania that the president can heroically end, all through mass media.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Wag the Dog:

Dustin Hoffman
Robert De Niro
Anne Heche
Woody Harrelson
Denis Leary
Willie Nelson

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After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. One of his advisers contacts a top Hollywood producer in order to manufacture a war in Albania that the president can heroically end, all through mass media.

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rec.arts.movies.reviews - 10/10 by Ted PriggeThis film hits so close to home that it kind of scared me, making me realize that a lot of what I've heard about politics may be as fabricated as the lies these characters make up.
Compuserve - 10/10 by Harvey S. KartenProvides its audience with a display of technical virtuosity that will amaze even the most jaded, teenage computer hacker.
New York Times - 10/10 by Janet MaslinSwift, hilarious and impossible to resist.
Chicago Sun-Times - 10/10 by Roger EbertThe movie is a satire that contains just enough realistic ballast to be teasingly plausible; like "Dr. Strangelove," it makes you laugh, and then it makes you wonder.
eFilmCritic.com - 10/10 by Rob GonsalvesFeels tossed-off and casual in the best way.
Entertainment Weekly - 9/10 by Owen GleibermanIf the result is often as glib as the targets it's satirizing, it's also driven by a cruelly distilled joy. Wag the Dog is an ode to the thrill of deception, a thrill embodied in Hoffman's inspired performance.
Los Angeles Times - 9/10 by Kenneth TuranA gloriously cynical black comedy that functions as a wicked smart satire on the interlocking worlds of politics and show business, Wag the Dog confirms every awful thought you've ever had about media manipulation and the gullibility of the American public. And it has a great deal of fun doing it.
The New York Times - 9/10 by Elvis MitchellWag the Dog, the poison-tipped political satire that's as scarily plausible as it is swift, hilarious and impossible to resist.
Newsweek - 9/10 by David AnsenIt's a deliciously outrageous premise, and director Barry Levinson and writers David Mamet and Hilary Henkin know just how to spin it, savaging Washington and Hollywood with merciless wit. It's a hoot.
ReelViews - 9/10 by James BerardinelliThis is one of Levinson's best films, and the screenplay, co-penned by noted writer David Mamet (along with Hilary Henkin), is brilliantly on-target.

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