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69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Reyhan Harmanci
    100
    Cconsistently entertaining.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Mark Bell
    90
    If FrontRunners doesn't teach you something about politics, at least it will entertain you.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    This is no real-life comedy à la "Election" -- more like a valuable, teen-scaled version of the presidential election that currently obsesses us.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    80
    Makes for a thoroughly captivating film.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    The only thing missing is the mud that the big boys love to sling. But the Stuyvesant candidates are kids - give them a few years.
  6. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    75
    Sure, it's a skewed view through adolescent eyes, but it's one that still speaks to the aspirations, agendas, image-making and spin control behind a real, grown-up political election.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    75
    What makes the movie fascinating is the particulars of the campaigns.
  8. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    70
    Ultimately, picture's fascination lies with the personalities and strategies of the candidates themselves.
  9. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    67
    Like all too many docs these days, it chronicles a contest while caricaturing the contestants.
  10. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    63
    The movie doesn't know what it wants to say about the election or the people who run in it.
  11. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    60
    Frontrunners is a lot rougher than Nanette Burstein's recent, similar documentary, "American Teen," and its comparable lack of gloss is both an asset and a flaw.
  12. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nick Pinkerton
    60
    Suh shows herself ever-happy to settle for the shallow rewards of pop documentary. Depending on your level of fatigue with The Other Campaign, this may be good enough.
  13. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    50
    Polite, detached documentary in which there are no highs or lows. Politically and emotionally, the movie's thermostat remains at medium cool.
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