Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?
  • Release Date: Feb 2, 2007
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  • Summary: This documentary follows the 2004 Missouri Democratic primary to replace retiring 28-year veteran and former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt. It is told from inside the campaign of Jeff Smith, a 29-year old part-time political science instructor at Washington University. The film offers an unvarnished look at the inside of what national pundits called one of 2004's surprising campaigns. And the film asks if it is still possible in America for voters excited by a person's ideas and ability to get involved in the political process and elect a candidate who has not sold out, or bought into the existing political establishment. (At Risk Films)… Expand

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  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Elias Savada
    90
    Borrowing more than its title from the Frank Capra social comedy, this underdog tale is a rough gem.
  2. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    80
    Deeply absorbing and moving with the caffeinated speed of Smith's own feisty campaign, Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? is at once a celebration of small-d democracy and an elegy to it, a portrait that will surely inspire and infuriate viewers.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    70
    Like "Street Fight," Marshall Curry's account of the 2002 Newark, N.J., mayoral race, "Mr. Smith" captures ground-level political machinations in an utterly fascinating way. The question raised by the title makes for an interesting, if possibly disheartening, debate.
  4. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tim Grierson
    70
    Both the documentary and the candidate lose their naiveté along the way without abandoning the idealism that inspired the endeavor in the first place.

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