Journeys With George (2002)

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NBC News producer Alexandra Pelosi, assigned to cover George W. Bush's run for the Presidency in 2000, carried a small video camera with which she recorded events along the way. Bush is well aware of Pelosi's project, frequently mugging for the camera, sometimes turning it on her, teasing her about… More NBC News producer Alexandra Pelosi, assigned to cover George W. Bush's run for the Presidency in 2000, carried a small video camera with which she recorded events along the way. Bush is well aware of Pelosi's project, frequently mugging for the camera, sometimes turning it on her, teasing her about her relationship with another reporter. Despite early setbacks in New Hampshire and Michigan, Bush is able to overtake his chief rival, Senator John McCain (R, AZ), who eventually drops out of the race and throws his support to Bush. Pelosi also records the thoughts of several colleagues, including reporters from The Financial Times of London, Newsweek, and two journalists from The Houston Chronicle and The Dallas Morning News who have already covered Bush as governor of Texas. Pelosi occasionally talks about her own ambivalent attitude toward politics (her mother, Nancy Pelosi, is a Democratic congresswoman from California), the media circus that accompanies any campaign in the television era, and life as a single woman in her late twenties with no romantic prospects. ~ Tom Wiener, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 19 min.
Directed By: Aaron Lubarsky, Alexandra Pelosi
Genres: Documentary, Television, Special Interest

In Theaters: Mar 8, 2002 Wide
On DVD: Feb 24, 2004

Critic Reviews

Caryn James, New York Times
An amusing, breezily apolitical documentary about life on the campaign trail.
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
The movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical. What's worse is that Pelosi knows it.
Linda Stasi, New York Post
It's a hoot and a half, and a great way for the American people to see what a candidate is like when he's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech.
Ryan Cracknell, Movie Views
Pelosi's willingness to open up and look into her own spot in the campaign frenzy makes this meta-documentary important the media and those who consume it.
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
A must see for all sides of the political spectrum
MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher
A depressing confirmation of everything those of us who don't object to the description "unelected" have suspected all along: George W. Bush is an incurious, uncharismatic, overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide.
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
All in all, an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press, especially ones that don't really care for the candidate they're forced to follow.
Merle Bertrand, Film Threat
A chronicle not only of one man's quest to be president, but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten, cynical journalists into what was essentially, by campaign's end, an extended publicity department.
Donald J. Levit, ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls, stubbly chins, liver spots, red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere.

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