| HBO | Season Premiere Date: May 28, 2019 |
Summary:
Directed by David Modigliani, the documentary followed the US Senate campaign by former Texas House Representative Beto O'Rourke in 2018.
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Movie/Mini-Series, News/Documentary, Documentary
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Air Date: May 28, 2019
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Variety
Mar 11, 2019
The Hollywood Reporter
Mar 11, 2019
Mar 11, 2019
This sort of agitprop victory lap has its limitations, and Modigliani’s proficient fly-on-the-wall approach lacks the edge of the greatest campaign documentaries, but much of the movie’s gentler qualities reflect the tenor of O’Rourke’s upbeat campaign itself. Viewed on its own terms, Running With Beto consolidates the feel-good trajectory of O’Rourke’s run into an engaging package that showcases his galvanizing impact up close.
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The Atlantic
May 28, 2019
New York Magazine (Vulture)
May 24, 2019
Running With Beto captures how much enthusiasm has been generated by those frustrated by both President Trump and Republican decision-making at various levels of government. Yet it also reflects how difficult it remains, especially in battleground states, to sway people whose thinking on various issues has been hardened into cement.
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May 28, 2019
“Running With Beto” rarely rises above a desire to be a fly on the wall, on the off chance that it will witness history. For campaign junkies, the film is stuffed with the real-life grind of ground-level work. ... “Running With Beto” is most compelling when O’Rourke isn’t in it. In moving portraits of some of his die-hard supporters, the film finally becomes the soaring ode to grass-roots politics that it desires to be.
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