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Primary Colors
70
Metascore
30 reviews · Provided by
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90
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Guilty, deftly orchestrated fun.
90
Film.com
John Hartl
Film.com
John Hartl
It's as wise and funny and revealing as anything ever created by Mike Nichols and Elaine May.
90
Newsweek
David Ansen
Newsweek
David Ansen
I expected to laugh; I didn't expect to be moved.
80
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Its palette isn't primary at all: It's full of secondary shadings.
70
The New York Times
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
Janet Maslin
It's a movie struggling with its own identity crisis, and with the obvious constraints created by its subject matter.
70
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
The result is glib, often funny, sometimes bumpy, and ultimately depressing.
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
New York Magazine (Vulture)
This entertaining but rather peculiar movie asks extraordinary questions, and I wish it were better equipped to give the answers.
70
TV Guide Magazine
Ken Fox
TV Guide Magazine
Ken Fox
An intelligent and very funny satire about the bloody game of American politics.
60
Salon
Charles Taylor
Salon
Charles Taylor
A slack, tepid picture stuck in a no man's land between satire and drama.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
An intelligent movie that portrays the mighty without reverence.
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