The Front Runner Movie Download

7 / 10

slow start
In 1988, Colorado Senator Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) is the front runner for the democratic Presidential nomination. There are rumors about his marriage to Lee (Vera Farmiga). Washington Post junior reporter A.J. Parker is following the campaign. During an interview in a diner, Hart gets frustrated and challenges reporters to follow him to see his boring life. Unbeknownst to him, Miami Herald is already on the scent after getting a tip from the girlfriends of Donna Rice (Sara Paxton). Hart had met the beauty on a launch party thrown on the boat Monkey Business in Florida.

The first part of this movie is a meandering introduction of all the players. There is no real tension. It doesn’t start until after forty minutes when Parker’s interview elicited the key challenge from Hart. It’s the moment the movie finds its central idea. It should have been done at the beginning and get to the challenge quickly. First, the 1984 flashback contributes nothing that an opening text couldn’t deliver. In fact, Bill Dixon talks about a better introduction with Warren Beatty. That incident could introduce Hart and the issue which would engulf his legacy. Once the story gets going, it builds up a nice momentum. There are a few interesting choices like not concentrating on Donna for the first half of the movie. There are intriguing interactions. I would suggest someone uglier than Molly Ephraim to play her character although it’s a great role. There is no one better than J.K. Simmons. Farmiga is great although Jackman is mostly a blank politician until the scandal breaks. Jason Reitman definitely has good directing skills but the movie needs to get to the scandal faster.Read More