This was nominated for five Golden Globes and won three of them. I didn't think it was that good but what do I know?John McCain (Ed Harris) has a problem. He has secured the Republican nomination for President but has yet to select a running mate. All his go-to picks would bring him down in the polls, so his staff cast their net farther afield, all the way to Wasilla, Alaska. Sarah Palin (Julianne Moore) seems like the perfect candidate but as the weeks wear on, campaign manager Steve Schmidt (Woody Harrelson) finds Palin more and more difficult to control.
Hey, remember when Sarah Palin was the butt of every joke but it was okay because we knew she was just a sideshow and responsible adults were going to be running things? Good times.
Honestly, this film feels pretty toothless considering our current shitshow and it seems a little mean-spirited to hone in on a failed VP candidate that, as far as I know, has faded into obscurity once again minus a maybe-filmed interview with Sacha Baron Cohen. Julianne Moore does nail her portrayal and I think it was cute how the film used actual interview and TV clips for verisimilitude but it's nothing we haven't seen before. Maybe if I had seen it when it first came out I wouldn't be so cynical but that's not the world we live in now.
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