An old time political consultant Jane (Sandra Bullock) is coaxed to go to Bolivia to help a failing campaign of Senator Castillo's (Joaquim de Almeida) run for the presidency. Her old political nemesis Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton) is also there to cause her problems.
Here's the thing: we didn't care about any of this. The acting all around was okay, but no character endeared himself/herself to us. We were not given an opportunity to care if Senator Castillo makes a good running against opponents. Of course, we see that Jane's strategy works and yet, we still didn't care. Even Pat Candy's interruptions to Jane's plans do not sway us. We just didn't care.
With all the problems the United States has, why, in the world would, we care about an election in Bolovia, especially since this was not a true story? And even if this was a true story (there was no indication on the DVD that this was a true story or some-such) we still didn't care. Why indeed.
Yes, there is a twist .okay, it' s not a twist. It's an outright lie that we see the results of later on. And did we care? Not at all. (3/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: Yes.
Here's the thing: we didn't care about any of this. The acting all around was okay, but no character endeared himself/herself to us. We were not given an opportunity to care if Senator Castillo makes a good running against opponents. Of course, we see that Jane's strategy works and yet, we still didn't care. Even Pat Candy's interruptions to Jane's plans do not sway us. We just didn't care.
With all the problems the United States has, why, in the world would, we care about an election in Bolovia, especially since this was not a true story? And even if this was a true story (there was no indication on the DVD that this was a true story or some-such) we still didn't care. Why indeed.
Yes, there is a twist .okay, it' s not a twist. It's an outright lie that we see the results of later on. And did we care? Not at all. (3/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: Yes.