- Network: Sundance , Sundance Channel
- Series Premiere Date: Aug 23, 2006
- Season #: 1
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91The access is such that you almost wish every member of Congress had a TV crew. [25 Aug 2006, p.81]
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91The dealmaking and image-shaping are eye-opening, but the single most unnerving aspect of the show is just how young the army of political aides who make the system run really are.
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80A slickly produced and irresistibly engrossing docu series that offers a multilayered look at various forms of politics.
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There are no big tricks, no screaming fireworks, no shocking pull-back-the-curtain exposés on "The Hill." Instead, it's a solid and useful look at some smart, passionate people trying do something they think is right.
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Those unschooled in the ways of Washington may have trouble following some of the political machinations and plot nuance, but there's no mistaking passion when you see it.
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60The series is slick and usually interesting, but until the final episode (covering the debate over withdrawal from Iraq), not completely compelling television.
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60[It] gets high marks for capturing the spirit and idealism of the staff but only passing grades for storytelling.
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50The problem is that seemingly everything is touched on... but the narrative is little more than a series of snapshots of how a congressperson's office runs.
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50The insular nature of D.C. culture -- and the lack of natural light in Congressional hallways -- seems to impose monotony.
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38It's not a very artistic or compelling documentary.
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Its creators apparently didn't want to compromise their vision by making the material needlessly comprehensible.
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MauriceF10
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John0What a sappy show. Why would anyoe care about this guy's boring life? Politics has never been worse.