Bob Balaban, Bruce Altman, Denis Leary
A chronicle of the weeks after the 2000 U.S. presidential election and the subsequent recounts in Florida.
DVD Release Date: August 19, 2008
Stats: 671 reviews
Ron Klain: How hard is it to punch a paper ballot?
Michael Whouley: It?s pretty God damn hard when you're eighty something years old, you're arthritic, and you're blind as a fucking bat. Unfortunately for us, blind fucking bats tend to vote Democratic.
Kevin Spacey leads an all...( read more)
A decent movie about the complete and total catastrofuck also known as the 2000 Florida election. Or The Beginning of the End if you prefer. Recount is full of great performances as well as creepy as fuck performances--namely anyone who played a Republican (i.e. Laura Dern and To...( read more)
I went into this knowing full well it wasn't my kind of film. Not only does this genre of movie tend to be completely biased, but character development is always sacrificed for a never ending population of newly introduced characters whose entire purpose is to argue relentlessly....( read more)
A marvelous drama masquerading as a documentary... or the other way around. Unlike some others claiming the same, it is fair and balanced, while keeping what actually happened from being wiped clean of any significance. Yes, some people have egg on their face, but no noses are ru...( read more)
The cast did a fantastic job. It felt like this was a movie not based on reality - meaning it could stand on its own - but in addition was a great way for people to be expsed to some of what actually happened in the election.
a vry good story showng the drama of the post elections on 2000 . Form the results is seenth at Al Gore was posisbly the winner of those elections though he acepted to be the loser
Once or twice the anti-Republican agenda seems to be reaching a little; but thoroughly entertaining storytelling even so.
A great story telling about such an event that tells us what can happen even in the oldest and the best democracy in the world. But the sayings of Bush campaign leader have even greater meaning, especially for us: "...But more important than all that is that the system worked. Th...( read more)
a fasinating acount from the shambles that was the 2000 us presidential elections, where faulty voting systems come into play, here we see al gores team coming to grips with the situation as it arises, and there atempts to get recounts in the state of florida, where events happen...( read more)
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