Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?
by Frank Popper
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Actor: Can Mr Smith Get to Washington AnymoreDirector: Frank Popper
Brand: New Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 82 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: NEW VIDEO GROUP
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Movie Review: Beautiful political documentary!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?" tells the story of one Jeff Smith, who decides to launch a seemingly quixotic campaign to replace Richard Gephardt in the US House of Representatives. The title of the documentary is a riff on the 1939 Jimmy Stewart film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," which was about the disillusionment of a good heart. "Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?" has its moments of disillusionment as the utterly inexperienced organizers of Jeff Smith's campaign start to come up against the realities of modern politics -- the endless need to hustle for money, the effects of big political poobahs on the chances of neophytes, the need for endorsements, the mudslinging and lying of many campaigns. But the film works in a positive way for several reasons. First of all, it picks the story up from the very, very start (although there is the impression here or there that necessary scenes were recreated later). Secondly, the hero of the story, Jeff Smith, is a wildly attractive character -- sort of goofy and geeky, but a big star in the world of racial relations in Missouri, a schoolteacher of the type of Mr. Bergstrom in "Lisa's Substitute" in The Simpsons (sorry if that's an inadequate cultural reference -- I mean the kind of teacher you remember all your life). Third, anyone who has ever worked on a political campaign will recognize the atmosphere -- lots of volunteers working ridiculous hours and investing so very, very, very much hope in "their guy." I will say that the suspense of the final push toward the election is kept up right to the very end, and I won't spoil by saying how it all comes out (of course, anyone with Google can find out anyway). But I will say that this is a beautifully done political documentary with a very important point to make about how America does politics these days.
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