Primary Colors Critic Reviews

It's a superb film -- funny, insightful and very wise about the realities of political life.Read the full review

One of those thrilling confluences in pop culture that rewards audiences for thinking the worst about politicians and the best about movie stars.Read the full review

Such a smart and savvy piece of work it encourages us to feel we're eavesdropping on history.Read the full review

Joe Klein's novel -- is a cynical satire of life on the campaign trail. It's harsh, blistering, and possesses an edge that the film, a warmhearted comedy/drama, lacks.Read the full review

An intelligent movie that portrays the mighty without reverence.Read the full review

I found it so oppressively smug that I had to get up and pace the aisles three or four times, and I'd have bolted if I hadn't been duty bound to stick it out.Read the full review

It's a movie struggling with its own identity crisis, and with the obvious constraints created by its subject matter.Read the full review

One the truest-feeling political portraits in years, as well as a fine piece of drama.Read the full review

Perhaps Nichols and May's greatest accomplishment is capturing perfectly on film the mysterious, complex, compromised relationship the public has with today's political leaders.Read the full review