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Feb 27, 2017hesselugano rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
For a film that is ostensibly a remake of the Otto Preminger 1962 movie "Advise and Consent" this film has a spectacularly good script. In contrast to the lackluster performances of Henry Fonda and Charles Laughton in the original, Joan Allen's and Gary Oldman's performances are stunning. The dialogue is nothing short of inspired brilliance; I cannot understand why someone of Rod Lurie's caliber would later waste his talent on a remake of Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs". The only flaws I noticed in the plot were these: 1. If Jack Hathaway was so strongly pro-choice, why would a committed antiabortionist like the Shelby Runyon character have wanted to groom and mentor Hathaway for the vice presidency? 2. When Jack Hathaway recruited an ex-military operative to drive off a bridge into the river, she would have carefully prepared for this dangerous assignment. Why then, did she drown trying to open her car door? The standard procedure in such situations is to brace shoulders against the headrest, bend knees and bring feet up, kick hard against the windshield until it pops out, then propel yourself feet-first through the aperture and out across the hood. Someone with military training would surely have known this.