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  • 2012
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary It's 2001 -- before Twitter, before the flash mob, before Obama, and Cogswell decides he must do the impossible: run against an incumbent city council member who's already raised a huge campaign war chest and sewn up all the city's biggest political endorsements. Grant dreams of an elegant monorail gliding silently above the city's wet s...

Directed By: Stephen Gyllenhaal

Written By: Phil Campbell, Justin Rhodes, Stephen Gyllenhaal

  • 2012
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2012
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 38 m

Grassroots

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary It's 2001 -- before Twitter, before the flash mob, before Obama, and Cogswell decides he must do the impossible: run against an incumbent city council member who's already raised a huge campaign war chest and sewn up all the city's biggest political endorsements. Grant dreams of an elegant monorail gliding silently above the city's wet s...

Directed By: Stephen Gyllenhaal

Written By: Phil Campbell, Justin Rhodes, Stephen Gyllenhaal

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
41
11% Positive
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56% Mixed
5 Reviews
33% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
41
11% Positive
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56% Mixed
5 Reviews
33% Negative
3 Reviews

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70
Jul 12, 2012
Although it only glosses the mechanics of local politics, it exudes an endearingly scruffy charm.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
58
Jul 10, 2012
Perhaps the most curious omission from the movie Grassroots is that there's no mention at all of the classic "Simpsons" episode "Marge vs. the Monorail."
By Marc Mohan FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 13, 2012
Registers like a quaint display of local color.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 10, 2012
A campaign movie for viewers who, if they care about politics at all, certainly don't require the full Sorkin treatment.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 10, 2012
Factor in a questionable use of 9/11 footage, and this is one film as misguided as the business-as-usual subject it aims to critique.
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25
Jul 13, 2012
At first glance, Grassroots doesn't seem like much of an idea for a movie. Nor at second, third or fourth glance. Your fifth glance will be at your watch, and at sixth glance your eyelids will be getting very, very heavy.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
12
Jul 9, 2012
It isn't entirely clear what Stephen Gyllenhaal sees in the material apart from some lukewarm raging against the machine.
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Production Company Votiv Films, MRB Productions
Release Date Jul 13, 2012
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating R
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Tagline Democracy with a smile
Website http://www.facebook.com/GrassrootsTheFilm
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