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- 1998
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 23 m
- 1998
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 23 m
Summary John Travolta leads an all-star cast on a wild race to the presidency in this savagely funny comedy. (Universal Pictures)
Directed By: Mike Nichols
Written By: Joe Klein, Elaine May
- 1998
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 23 m
- 1998
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 23 m
Primary Colors
70
8.0
Where to Watch
Summary John Travolta leads an all-star cast on a wild race to the presidency in this savagely funny comedy. (Universal Pictures)
Directed By: Mike Nichols
Written By: Joe Klein, Elaine May
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
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80% Positive
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13% Mixed
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7% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
70
80% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
7% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
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.
Guilty, deftly orchestrated fun.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
8.0
76% Positive
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One the truest-feeling political portraits in years, as well as a fine piece of drama.
As with Bill Clinton himself, Primary Colors forces one to take the disappointing with the good, the letdown with the promise, the compromises with the hope.
An intelligent and very funny satire about the bloody game of American politics.
Primary Colors lacks the buzz and crackle of observed experience; you never feel like you've been plunged into the workings of a real campaign. It's a sham movie about a sham world.
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.
Production Company
Award Entertainment,
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),
H2L Media Group,
Hollywood Licensing Group,
Icarus Productions,
Marubeni,
Mutual Film Company,
Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG),
Toho-Towa,
UGC PH,
Universal Pictures
Release Date Mar 20, 1998
Duration 2 h 23 m
Rating R
Tagline They're Not Exactly A Well Organized Well Oliled Machine But That's Their Secret
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
