I like a good cynical political drama. But the movie itself is about average for its genre and to me it seemed to put a lot of effort into appearing impartial to the two major parties of the US, and too little time on having a direction.
When the movie revealed its moral I was in disbelief and honestly disappointed - and the end credit interview didn't help as it was unclear and highly rhetorical. It could've been so much more, I thought.
There's a lot of political topics I think would be more interesting to tackle with a political comedy. Gerrymandering, alternative electoral systems, power dynamics vs. Morality etc.
It may be harsh for me to say, but it feels to me like Jon Stewart might be a little bit stuck in his writing, even though it's definitely a noteworthy feat to make a decently entertaining movie when that's not usually his scene.
When the movie revealed its moral I was in disbelief and honestly disappointed - and the end credit interview didn't help as it was unclear and highly rhetorical. It could've been so much more, I thought.
There's a lot of political topics I think would be more interesting to tackle with a political comedy. Gerrymandering, alternative electoral systems, power dynamics vs. Morality etc.
It may be harsh for me to say, but it feels to me like Jon Stewart might be a little bit stuck in his writing, even though it's definitely a noteworthy feat to make a decently entertaining movie when that's not usually his scene.