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Jan 2, 1998 · 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.
Wag the Dog is the only one of its kind that contains just enough realistic weight to be uncomfortably realistic. You will laugh out loud, and feel that all things make a lot of sense without wondering. Also, it doesn't try to be bitter and harsh as other satirical movies do.
- Anne Heche, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro
- Barry Levinson
- New Line
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 in the ...
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- Barry Levinson
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- Dustin Hoffman
Full Review | Jan 2, 2018. '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 ...
tfrizzell 3 July 2002. 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. Enter Robert DeNiro and Anne Heche who want to distract the nation with something else as they try to ...
Apr 14, 2009 · A.O. Scott reviews Barry Levinson's 1997 film about a Washington fixer and a Hollywood producer who band together to create a politically expedient but entir...
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- The New York Times
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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.
