MUST SEE TV: RECOUNT on HBO
By Tom Teicholz at 28 May, 2008, 2:17 pm
RECOUNT, the HBO movie based on the Florida recount in the 2000 Bush vs Gore election is great movie making. Jay Roach has done an incredible job.
Every aspect of the film — the casting, the visual details, the performances are all memorable.
The fact that we know the outcome yet the movie puts you on the edge of your seat is tribute to how good it is. Kevin Spacey gives his best performance in years as Ron Klain the democratic operative; and there is (yet another) amazing performance from Tom Wilkinson as James Baker.
RECOUNT does a great job of humanizing Baker, and providing a compelling portrait of a man that I have long thought ill of — chief among them his reported comments about Jewish voters.
But all the performances are great including Laura Dern’s loopy but credible performance as Katherine Harris.
Kudos to Danny Strong for the script and Jay Roach for making a great, great film.
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