Recount: Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: May 25, 2008
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
66 out of 100

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User Score
6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

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  • Summary: The hanging chad is recounted in HBO's TV movie featuring Kevin Spacey, Denis Leary, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Ed Begley Jr., and Laura Dern.
  • Genre(s): Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 25
  3. Negative: 3 out of 25
  1. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    100
    Director Jay Roach and writer Danny Strong do a superb job of putting you back in the 36-day marathon about the outcome of the 2000 presidential election in Florida. Don't want to go there? You'll miss a brilliant cast headed by Kevin Spacey and Denis Leary.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    80
    Written with an eye for telling detail by Danny Strong, and directed in surprisingly nimble fashion by blockbuster-comedy wrangler Jay Roach (of the Austin Powers movies and Meet the Parents fame), it has the peculiarly alchemic structure of a nail-biting tragi-farce.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    60
    Recount effectively dramatizes that struggle, mixing a true-to-life script with real news footage.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Ed Gonzalez
    38
    The film is already a lost cause from its opening scene, during which an old woman wearing a Star of David necklace walks into a polling station and appears stricken by either IBS or Alzheimer's after accidentally screwing up her butterfly ballot.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. MarvinH.
    10
    Thought the movie was well to the point and frustrations that the American people endured during that time, Looking at the times that we are having today only makes you wish that the movie could have had an alternate ending that could have came to pass.… Expand
  2. JudyT.
    8
    Very well done. Great acting, great dialog and really informative for anyone who thinks they know what went on. Really showed the travesty of democracy that was the 2000 election.… Expand
  3. Ron
    6
    I give it high marks for entertainment, like a political Indiana Jones. But I give it low marks for not being much more accurate than Indiana Jones. Portrayal of Harris was just cartoonish.… Expand
  4. TroyK.
    3
    This was awful from the start. This could've been really, really good...but it fell really, really flat. It was more of another left wing spin film that didn't even attempt to capture the essence nor complexity of the situation. It was disappointing, but reminds me of why I shouldn't support HBO with my monthly fees.… Expand

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