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hitchhiker says...
13 years ago
80%? Come on, this is a classic! More relevant now than ever before!
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JeanEats says...
3 years ago
Watching this movie really makes you wonder what’s real and what’s fraudulent... even now in 2020. More people need to see this one!
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PorterUk says...
2 years ago
As soon as war breaks out, I think of this film. It should be mandatory viewing to wake up the sheeple.

To think this came out pre-Lewinsky... And the phrases used were almost verbatim to how 9/11 was a war with Afghanistan (they actually referenced mountain caves!) and then magically a war with the (nothing to do with the fact he started selling oil in euros not dollars) Hussein Saudi regime.

It's either astonishing or deeply saddening that this film is so believable.

And here we go in 2022 where the optics of a humanitarian crisis are inseparable from the propoganda that we are fed with it... Who knows what to believe?

(and as a Brit, I see an entire career for Armando Iannucci from this one film. The Thicknof It, In The Loop, Death of Stalin, Veep... They owe a debt for sure.)

8/10
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crc2018 says...
2 years ago
The best part is that Hoffman gets whacked at the end.
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jarvis-8243417 says...
3 years ago
Brilliant and well-crafted, Wag the Dog is an inspired and entertaining satire. When the President faces a scandal that could cost him the election he calls in a spin-doctor that decides to concoct a phony war in order to squash the scandal. The cast is excellent, and includes Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Anne Heche, and Denis Leary. The script is also especially good, and is full of witty political satire. Still, there are some cheesy parts and the plot gets a little contrived at times. Wag the Dog has its flaws, but overall it’s and an enjoyable and fun look at the audaciousness of politics.
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