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- Barry Levinson's "Wag the Dog" cites Grenada as an example of how easy it is to whip up patriotic frenzy, and how dubious the motives sometimes are. 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.
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Jan 2, 1998 · A terrorist bomb killed all those Marines in Beirut, the White House was taking flak, and suddenly our Marines were landing on a Caribbean island few people had heard of, everybody was tying yellow ribbons 'round old oak trees, and Clint Eastwood was making the movie.
Wag the Dog R Released Dec 25, 1997 1h 37m Comedy Drama List 86% Tomatometer 78 Reviews 76% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings Two weeks prior to reelection, the United States president lands...
- (78)
- Barry Levinson
- R
- Dustin Hoffman
Entertaining, creepily resonant political comedy. Read Common Sense Media's Wag the Dog review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Anne Heche, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro
- Barry Levinson
- New Line
Jan 9, 1998 · Wag the Dog: Directed by Barry Levinson. With Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson. Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Barry Levinson
- 1998-01-09
'Wag the Dog,' a movie that's fun to see more than once, comes across as a bitingly funny satire of politics, the media and show business. Full Review | Sep 25, 2011
Barry Levinson's under-rated "Wag the Dog" is a brilliant piece of satire which is to the 1990s what "All the President's Men" was to the 1970s. The president is in trouble after a sexual scandal with an under-aged girl.
Dec 26, 1997 · But these are not people who have had the great fun of watching ''Wag the Dog,'' the poison-tipped political satire that's as scarily plausible as it is swift, hilarious and impossible to...
