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37 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 4 out of 11
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  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Merle Bertrand
    80
    Both Democrats and Republicans take it on the chin here, although the left-leaning bias is obvious.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Crust
    70
    Highly entertaining and thought-provoking, but also frustrating -- which, ultimately, might be the point.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    The sequence in which the crew acquires press credentials to the Republican National Convention by helping organizers desperate to book a rock band (they deliver Leitch's scruffy pals the Interpreters USSA) is priceless.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    50
    A scattershot exercise whose points of interest are surrounded by too much that is trivial. Still, the film earns points for its examination of politics and the political process.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Megan Lehmann
    50
    Too unfocused to make any point worth taking with us into the 2004 presidential campaign.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    50
    Insufficiently focused but undeniably intriguing.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    40
    The Last Party's scattershot approach doesn't linger on any single topic long enough to make a convincing case for any side.
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jessica Winter
    30
    Hoffman has no particular argument to make, and neither does the movie -- just befuddled disgust with The System in general and the right wing in particular.
  9. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    30
    Starts to seem less like a political documentary than a one-sided "Battle of the Network Stars," with the younger generation clearly winning the charisma challenge.
  10. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    25
    The film was conceived as a youthful tour of all that's wrong with the two-party system, with the likably shambling actor Philip Seymour Hoffman as host, but the breadth of subjects covered precludes any response other than nebulous discontent.
  11. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ron Stringer
    20
    Those seeking anything resembling a real discussion of the issues had best seek elsewhere.
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