As the story has been explained several times, here, I'm not going to go into it again. Suffice it to say, that, as all movies in which Gary Oldman appears, this is another one he simply walks away with. There is no one who can dig INTO a character with the zest and brilliance of Gary Oldman. See it just for him.
The only unfortunate thing about this otherwise great film, is, the editing truly was a butcher's cut. Oldman's character was far deeper than we were allowed to view. What a shame.
But, it's always a shame when Oldman doesn't have enough to do on screen. It would've been a much greater film if we were
privvy to what made Oldman's Senator Shelly Runyon TICK.
We were OVERLOADED with reasons for the motives of everyone else in the film. But - we never really got to understand why
Shelly Runyon was so against the nomination of Lane Hansen.
I blame the director.
The only unfortunate thing about this otherwise great film, is, the editing truly was a butcher's cut. Oldman's character was far deeper than we were allowed to view. What a shame.
But, it's always a shame when Oldman doesn't have enough to do on screen. It would've been a much greater film if we were
privvy to what made Oldman's Senator Shelly Runyon TICK.
We were OVERLOADED with reasons for the motives of everyone else in the film. But - we never really got to understand why
Shelly Runyon was so against the nomination of Lane Hansen.
I blame the director.