Primary Colors (1998)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Duration: 143 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom / France / Germany / Japan / United States
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Stars: John Travolta, Adrian Lester and Emma Thompson
IMDb score:
6,7 (31.427)
Releasedate: 20 March 1998
Primary Colors plot
"What went down on the way to the top."
Jack Stanton is running for president. Stanton loves people and especially beautiful women. His intelligent and equally ambitious wife Susan stands by him through thick and thin and tries to condone his weaknesses. But when a sex scandal suddenly hits the press, Stanton loses his reputation and all the efforts of his employees seem to have been in vain.
Actors and actresses
Jack Stanton
Susan Stanton
Richard Jemmons
Henry Burton
Daisy Green
Howard Ferguson
Gov. Fred Picker
Libby Holden
Mamma Stanton
March
Reviews & comments
renske
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- 1105 messages
- 926 votes
Travolta is too obviously Clinton-based. The way of talking, moving, etc.: it is imaginable that Travolta, like some Paul Groot, turned on the video, observed the mannerisms and tried to adopt them. But where Groot succeeds instantly, it took Travolta a while to convince me. He eventually did. The couple Bill and Hillary (here John and Susan I think) are an intriguing couple and are also kept intriguing by Travolta and Thompson (and the writers), which I think is clever, because their motivations are a mystery to me.
Lester enjoys playing the all-observing collaborator and Tierney always has a good grasp of cynicism. Bates also plays a beautiful role.
And yet this film lacks something. It's not really working. It also keeps something TV cinematic. Nice to see, but not really worth repeating.
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K. V.
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- 4376 messages
- 3777 votes
Gosh, this is a movie I don't really have a bad word to say about, because it turned out better than expected. I was a bit afraid that it would be a boring film, but fortunately it turned out very well, because I even had to laugh a few times. It's interesting to see how things go during such a primary.
This is probably the first movie in which Billy Bob Thornton plays such a serious role. John Travolta certainly didn't do a bad job as "Clinton", which the character is clearly based on.
Despite the positive criticism, it's not really a film that I want to see again immediately. Good for once.
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