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Because he is second-billed as the Governor, just below Ryan Gosling, who plays Morris’ spokesman Stephen Meyers, a guy who feels the heat amid a group of professionals, and this after his recent successes in Drive and Crazy, Stupid Love.
The veteran supporting cast includes Philippe Seymour Hoffman as Paul Zare Phillip, a senior in the Governor’s team and Paul Giamati as Tom Duffy from the opposite Republican camp. Marissa Tomei chips in as a firebrand TV reporter and newcomer Evan Rachel Wood the intern, who is at the bottom of what could become a national scandal. The pace is languid, but never slips out of grasp, even if it is somewhat heavy with dialogue. The original author Willimson is aided by Clooney and Grant Heslov in writing the screenplay. And riveting, though it is, one cannot ignore the plethora of actors to assist Clooney. And they share the spoils admirably, without any of them making a glutton of a meal. Paul Giamati, an excellent cameo player, sings a couple of 1960s favourites too, which are sure to warm the cockles of some old hearts before one gets into the nitty-gritty of the political heat and thunder. Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael also makes his presence felt with his usual fluid work. That Ryan Gosling is fast becoming one of Hollywood’s top actors is beyond doubt but the supporting cast spares no effort with Clooney being exceptional in his dual role and Hoffman and Giamati more rightly restrained. Marissa Tomei is essentially decorative and for dramatic relief and Evan Rachel Wood is there, too, briefly to evaluate her talent. But the film is an absolute winner. Don’t miss it.
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I
am not a Catholic, I’m not a Muslim, I’m not an atheist,"
says Governor Mike Morris in his speech for the Ohio run-up to the
presidential nominee for the Democrats. But his duty, or even
religion, is to uphold the American Constitution. For such a man to
become US President looks like a cakewalk. But`85 Based on the book Faragut
North by Beau Willimson, it is a no-holds-barred account of what
happens behind the scenes of a presidential campaign. It is about the
proverbial slip betwixt the cup and the lip. And director George
Clooney in his fourth effort behind the camera shows that he is as
adept at and perceptive behind the camera as he is in front of it.
