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THE FRONT RUNNER – Review by Susan Granger

November 26, 2018December 1, 2018 Susan Granger 0 Comments gary hart, hugh ackman, jason reitmam, the front runner

I don’t recall being as angry at a protagonist as I was watching former Senator Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) foolishly throw away the opportunity to be President of the United States for an alleged liaison with a woman he’d met in Miami.

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TIFF18 Review: THE FRONT RUNNER – Pam Grady

September 26, 2018September 27, 2018 Pam Grady 0 Comments gary hart, Hugh Jackman, jason reitman, the front runner, TIFF 2018

Welcome to the worst episode of West Wing, ever, as directed by Jason Reitman trying to channel Robert Altman. Never has Altman’s signature overlapping dialogue and large, panoramic casts been so ill-used than in this pallid distillation of what went wrong with Colorado Senator Gary Hart’s 1988 presidential campaign.