The Ides of March

    The Ides of March
    2011

    Synopsis

    Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

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    Cast

    • Ryan GoslingStephen Meyers
    • George ClooneyMike Morris
    • Philip Seymour HoffmanPaul Zara
    • Paul GiamattiTom Duffy
    • Evan Rachel WoodMolly Stearns
    • Marisa TomeiIda Horowicz
    • Jeffrey WrightSenator Thompson
    • Max MinghellaBen Harpen
    • Jennifer EhleCindy Morris
    • Gregory ItzinJack Stearns

    Recommendations

    • 88

      ReelViews

      This is a deeply cynical movie and, in that cynicism, it finds truth.
    • 83

      IndieWire

      The title suggests a dramatic Shakespearean twist, but Clooney's aims are much simpler. As he builds to a western showdown divorced from political specificity, the Manchurian-like manipulation turns Ides of March into an allegorical monster movie in which everyone's competing for the role of the monster and most people can't see it.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Classy and professional throughout, the technical work gracefully holds all the threads together.
    • 70

      Time

      The Ides of March says that American politics, no less than Italian, is a beachfront property with sharks surfing the waves. That makes this skeptical, savory movie a fitting offering from Hollywood's suavest ambassador to Venice and the world.
    • 67

      The A.V. Club

      The Ides Of March goes down easily, with a sophisticated bustle and a strong third act twist to test the hero's mettle. But it all feels a bit inconsequential - perhaps by design.
    • 60

      Boxoffice Magazine

      Surprisingly, George Clooney's direction is somewhat underwhelming with crucial conversations oddly lacking in tension.
    • 60

      Time Out

      Philip Seymour Hoffman and a ratlike Paul Giamatti are the competing spin doctors - you wish the whole movie were about them. And Marisa Tomei brings a hungry sense of scoopmaking to the (unavoidable?) role of a New York Times journalist who's seen it all.
    • 50

      Variety

      Intriguing but overly portentous drama, which seems far more taken with its own cynicism than most viewers will be.

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