Movie Review: Ides Of March

George Clooney's latest movie has hit the theaters this past weekend during a slow weekend in the box office. Going against Real Steal, a movie loosely based on the Rock'em Sock'em Robots toys from the eighties, The Ides Of March opened in the box office in second. Now despite the special effects and a performance by Hugh Jackman, The Ides Of March was the movie that should have opened to a bigger box office opening weekend.

Several actors including Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, and actress Evan Rachel Wood are all being submitted for Oscar nominations. Even though they would be bids for supporting roles, the stand out performances were by Giammati and Wood. Giammati played the perfect political villain and Wood's performance garnered a lot of sympathy and even anger amongst viewers. Gosling played his part well, but not above the level of other possible Oscar nominees.

This movie is worth watching. It's not at the level of some other political thrillers-I place Thirteen Days as the best one ever-but it's still good.

The movie is about the presidential campaign of a politician (Clooney) whom seems to be bullet proof and has two of the best people running his campaign (Gosling and Philip Seymour Hoffman). Coveted by another politician's team whom is running against Clooney for party nomination, Gosling is subjected to the pitfalls and treachery that can be played out in politics. With elements of tragedy, love, and anger in this movie, it will keep it's viewers on an emotional rollercoaster.