Wag The Dog
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- Synopsis
- In a 29-day shoot, Barry Levinson filmed this $15 million political and media satire, adapted by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet from Larry Beinhart's novel, American Hero....
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- Starring
- Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson, Denis Leary
- Director(s)
- Barry Levinson
- Distributor(s)
- New Line
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 100 min.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
The movie is a satire that contains just enough realistic ballast to be teasingly plausible; like "Dr. Strangelove," it makes you laugh, and then it makes you wonder.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites
If the result is often as glib as the targets it's satirizing, it's also driven by a cruelly distilled joy. Wag the Dog is an ode to the thrill of deception, a thrill embodied in Hoffman's inspired performance.Read the full review
The New York Times | Janet MaslinAdd Critic to Favorites
Wag the Dog, the poison-tipped political satire that's as scarily plausible as it is swift, hilarious and impossible to resist.Read the full review
