All the Gosling, none of the driving. This film uncovers the one true threat to America: hawt interns.

Slow, boring story, predictable twists, cliche ending.

I'm fine with political jargon, as long as it makes sense. Clooney's direction is solid, but his character is simply too liberal to be believable.

I don't mind the cynicism. I'm a bit of a cynic myself. The film just does not hold much weight or gravity. A pleasant watch but nothing more.

Maybe I spend too much time reading blogs, but any random post on Politico or the Daily Dish contains more political drama than this limp, poorly written, partisan potboiler. Also it would be a shame if Ryan Gosling allowed his acting style to calcify into nothing more than a blank stare and a rigid smile.

Starts of as solid entertainment and takes some surprising turns into a dark tale. This is among the best casts ever. Giamatti and Hoffman as rivals in politics should equal a perfect film. However it stays at good and it is hard to pinpoint what is missing.

I'm more skeptical about this film than most. I'm not really sure there's that much that makes it unique or special - Gosling plays a political consultant whose client sleeps with an intern and acts like your typical scuzzy politician (he's basically Bill Clinton). This causes Gosling's character to lose his faith and naivete and pull some pretty douchey political dealings with his client's rival. This is so conventional a story in our current climate it bores to tears. Acting good, plot bad.

Great acting with a stellar cast, but lacking a real intriguing story. Your typical political thriller.

a really fantastic cast tries their damnedest to liven up a really uninteresting screenplay, aided by only mostly-competent direction.

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Remarkably, a political George Clooney-thriller as tame as Gorgeous George's own deceased piggy. Great acting keeps the entertainment somewhat steaming though.

Well paced and well executed, everything seems to flow rather well. Plotline, acting, tension all build with characterization through out the film. A good political thriller for sure.

Just about everyone turns in solid performances an it is a quality film but it really feels like the film itself thinks it is great, but just misses actually being so.

A solid political thriller that's uplifted by a stable of quality actors and some nice direction. While certain parts of the story seem a conveniently placed and certain actions seem out of character it's never enough to take you out of the movie. Great pacing makes it easily watchable and worth the time.

At the outset it seems like a story concerning idealism versus pragmatism in politics. Ultimately the idealistic campaign manager turns cynical, but it's difficult to buy the impetus for the shift in mentality. The message it imparts is still valid: an individual cannot encapsulate an ideal, so best not put people on pedestals.

A fine, solid political drama with a clear message. Acting and directing were fine and it was nice to see a True Blood actress Evan Rachel Wood back in action. The conversation between the lead and a girl was time after time wittily written. I liked that.

Too tightly fastened to the American reality and way of life. For a non-american viewers might look a bit boring.

My god, it's full of stars! Fantastic cast bringing, if not quite their A game in some cases then close to it. Depressingly believable bit of politicing even if it's more plausable for the red side of the room (I hope). Could have done with a bit more, mainly because of the cast involved.

Reasonably well crafted, but nothing too special.

Clooeny's fourth foray into the directors' chair marks his strongest effort yet with The Ides of March, a political thriller about the devolution of the American political system and, more importantly, the people who work in it. Despite some really interesting concepts, the script and direction never really bring these ideas into full form and the cast in general provides an awful conduit to transmit these ideas through.

Bon: Utilisation intéressante du thème de la politique, des belles performances de tout le monde Moins bon: Histoire qui démarre trop lentement, conclusion facile

Part of Ryan Gosling's 2011 cinematic assault, the ides of March supplies an excellent plot, and a star cast. However, the film fails to fully deliver, with a long build-up to the crux, which promises so much when it arrives, but fails to deliver. There is the obligatory depiction of politics as a dirty, winner-takes-all environment, but the thriller-style plot creation is left without the coup de grace. The final scene, upon which so much of the film relies, ultimately fails to convince.

An unremarkable political thriller with a competent director who knows enough not to stand in the way of five very fine actors--one of which is himself.

This is essentially an old kind of story about politics filtered through the unprecedented recent history of Obama's success as the "perfect" candidate. It's full of plenty of great actors but the script is far too standard to have them do anything great with it. It's like a Pakula thriller without the same directional flair or Gordon Willis' masterful cinematography. It's ultimately not that memorable; Clooney's done better with far less grandiosity and blatancy.

The cast are the main attraction here. Watching Giamatti, PSH and Clooney, three of my favourite actors all perform was an absolute treat. I was close to a total mangasm! Gosling leads the film well, and Clooney again proves himself to be a slick, compact and efficient director. He wisely largely focuses on politics itself rather than party ideology. It's smart, pessimistic, & well written, but this movies limitations are summed up nicely by Shebang in their review.

Clooney's finest film to date. Had my blood pressure skyrocketing the entire way.

Clooney cant help again with his political mambo jumbo. Tho i loved Good night and Good luck, this movie just felt a litl out of touch. Too much political talk and less good story, and thats what its all about ladies and gents. Tho it had plenty of good acting from the entire cast ( and what a cast! ) , good directing and decent scripting , something still felt missing. That and it got a bit boring at parts. For the Clooney/politics fans.