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Contender, The (2000) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Contender, The (2000) a score of 2.7855 out of 4

based on (204) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(123)

Good

(45)

Fair

(4)

Poor

(1)

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Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)

Wins the audience over with a smart script that doesn't insult the audience's intelligence....read the complete Contender, The (2000) review at Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)

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Video Reviews with Joan Ellis

The Contender is terrific. In spite of implausible plot twists, three outstanding performers turn the movie into a searing satire of contemporary presidential politics. It doesn't matter whether the scandal of a given moment is about money, sex, or power....read the complete Contender, The (2000) review at Video Reviews with Joan Ellis

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New York Times (Stephen Holden)

What makes this twisty, cautionary yarn ... delicious is a cast that chews the scenery with such obvious enjoyment....read the complete Contender, The (2000) review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)

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Bob Bloom

Now we have "The Contender," a pretentious political potboiler that will do to political movies what "Roller Boogie" did to disco.How lame is "The Contender?" Probably the GoreBush debates will ignite more sparks and offer more excitement than this...read the complete Contender, The (2000) review at Bob Bloom