Bulworth

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Bulworth

R,

1998,

1h 46m,

Comedy/

Drama

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Jay Bulworth (Warren Beatty), a financially ruined senator, is now disillusioned with politics. The forlorn statesman orders a contract killing -- the target himself -- so his family will be able to collect a fortune from his insurance policy. Facing imminent death, a devil-may-care Bulworth speaks his mind in public, forsaking platitudes for honest but controversial observations. But when he falls in love with a hip young woman (Halle Berry), Bulworth urgently rethinks his impending murder.

Critics Consensus

Star and director Beatty's ambitious take on race and politics in 20th-century America isn't perfect, but Bulworth manages to provide more than its share of thought-provoking laughs.

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Troy Patterson

Entertainment Weekly

Feb 7, 2025

B

Bulworth marks Beatty’s happiest stab at political farce since Shampoo.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

It's a sharp, brave movie, a little ragged around the edges, but that's to its advantage.

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

Feb 14, 2001

3.5/5

What gives Bulworth its unique character is that all this silliness is periodically punctuated by cogent, carefully thought-out mini-manifestos...

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Matthew Rozsa

Democracy at Work (Substack)

May 23, 2025

3/4

Timid politicians shrinks in the face of that danger. Brave leaders acknowledge the danger but, if the stakes are sufficiently high, proceed anyway.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Jan 4, 2022

4/5

…not enough attention has been paid to Bulworth, a flawed but pertinent film, set at a particular moment in time where cell-phones and the internet don’t exist, but The Simpsons do…a cogent, cynical, prophetic film… with a shock ending to boot...

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David Walsh

World Socialist Web Site

Feb 16, 2021

Bulworth is an angry and politically astute film. More than that, it is in many ways a liberating film.

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Hagrid W

Feb 17, 2019

One of the worst movies i have ever seen! 15 full minutes of "Insane in the Membrain"? Really?

Jan 27, 2019

The best comedy movie ever made!

Ron S

May 13, 2018

From my perspective, especially given today's political climate, one of the best ever movies of an over-wrought and truthful politician. I LOVE this movie.

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Ron S

Sep 8, 2017

Real PC. Look no further for hill and the Clinton Machine behind the scenes.

Kylo L

Apr 18, 2017

So corny and very badly dated. The laughs don't hold up, but the satire still works fairly well. The message is strong, and important, and it has a good ending, so it still has some merit.

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Kylo W

Feb 23, 2017

I was happy to finally get around to a revisit of this comedy from Warren Beatty, in which he plays a jaded senator who suddenly decides to start telling the truth during his political speeches, which confuses, amuses and quite frankly frightens a lot of people. This one holds up really well and I won't let so much time pass between viewings next time. Recommended.

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Synopsis

Jay Bulworth (Warren Beatty), a financially ruined senator, is now disillusioned with politics. The forlorn statesman orders a contract killing -- the target himself -- so his family will be able to collect a fortune from his insurance policy. Facing imminent death, a devil-may-care Bulworth speaks his mind in public, forsaking platitudes for honest but controversial observations. But when he falls in love with a hip young woman (Halle Berry), Bulworth urgently rethinks his impending murder.

Director: Warren Beatty
Producer: Warren Beatty, Pieter Jan Brugge
Screenwriter: Warren Beatty, Jeremy Pikser
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 15, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $26.4M
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Surround

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