This is movie is an HBO production starring Julianne Moore, Ed Harris and Woody Harrelson depicting events surrounding the selection of Sarah Palin as Republican Vice Presidential hopeful alongside Senator John McCain. The performances are stellar and truly gives you an insider peek at politics on the national level. The story picks up just as John McCain calls for advice from Steve Schmidt and further requesting him to join the campaign to help him win the Presidency. Schmidt becomes a part of the team and they have to face their biggest challenge of the campaign, how to deal with dynamo Barack Obama.
Schmidt believes the only way to truly outshine Obama and to gain bigger numbers is to bring in the right candidate to stand by McCain as the future Vice President. Enter Sarah Palin. It seems that the McCain campaign staffers go through a variety of scenarios of possible McCain running mates and decide that it should be a woman (to gain more votes from women voters). McCain is somewhat hesitant because he truly wanted Joe Lieberman to really push his bipartisan beliefs, however his campaigners feel this would be a disaster. So they search for potential female counterparts and come across Governor Sarah Palin, her resume and popularity in her home state of Alaska impresses McCain and his team. They do an interview and she is in.
Where problems pop up along the way is that the interview was not thorough enough and her true inexperience, particularly on the national and international stage. The movie shows her in essence being tutored and groomed to showcase well on the national stage. And as her popularity grows in the Republican party and throughout the nation, you slowly see the stars grow in her eyes and the desire to always be in the forefront of national politics.
Julianne Moore's portrayal of Sarah Palin is dead on right down to the accent and appearance. I was also impressed with Harrelson's, Harris', and Sarah Paulson's performances in the movie.
So if you have HBO, I would definitely suggest watching when you get the opportunity.
I give this movie a 7 out of 10.
Up next is the British Film "Centurion."
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