Bulworth (1998)

Directed by

Warren Beatty

Genre

drama film, black comedy film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 270 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A US senator on the verge of a nervous breakdown hires a hitman to kill him after his reelection campaign. He then starts speaking his mind bluntly about politics and race.

satiricalprovocativeunpredictablebleakly funnyfast-pacedcandidcynicalmusical

What happens

Bulworth is a 1998 American political satire black comedy film co-written, co-produced, directed by, and starring Warren Beatty. It co-stars Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, Don Cheadle, Paul Sorvino, Jack Warden, and Isaiah Washington. The film follows the title character, California Senator Jay Billington Bulworth (Beatty), as he runs for re-election while trying to avoid a hired assassin. The film received generally positive reviews and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay yet narrowly failed to break even on a $30 million budget. However, Beatty was praised for tackling race, poverty, dysfunction in the health care system, and corporate control of the political agenda, with eminent legal scholar Patricia J. Williams noting the film examined "racism's intersection with America's deep, and growing, class divide." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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