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Primary Colors (1998) Movie Reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(98)

Good

(16)

Fair

(3)

Poor

(1)

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USA Today (Jack Garner)

Perhaps Nichols and May's greatest accomplishment is capturing perfectly on film the mysterious, complex, compromised relationship the public has with today's political leaders....read the complete Primary Colors (1998) review at USA Today (Jack Garner)

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Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

Whatever else it may or may not be, Primary Colors is first and last a mainstream Hollywood entertainment. And that means that viewers looking for engagement with political issues are bound to be disappointed....read the complete Primary Colors (1998) review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

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Salon (Charles Taylor)

A slack, tepid picture stuck in a no man's land between satire and drama....read the complete Primary Colors (1998) review at Salon (Charles Taylor)

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San Francisco Examiner (Barbara Shulgasser)

Underscores everything that was utterly wrong-headed about the original material....read the complete Primary Colors (1998) review at San Francisco Examiner (Barbara Shulgasser)

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Slate (David Edelstein)

I found it so oppressively smug that I had to get up and pace the aisles three or four times, and I'd have bolted if I hadn't been duty bound to stick it out....read the complete Primary Colors (1998) review at Slate (David Edelstein)

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