The War Room

I have to admit, I came into watching this film with somewhat low expectations, as the last political documentary I watched was "The Hunting of the President" which I found to be ultimately a weak film, with little to no focus on politics whatsoever. As somewhat of a political junkie, I was impressed by this film's portrayal of what seems to be a rather honest look into the workings of a presidential campaign.

"The War Room" tells the story of the incredible 1992 presidential campaign of Arkansas governor Bill Clinton, and as such, it manages to be at least pretty interesting. Its focus is on all of the back stage maneuvering by savvy political experts; it's really thanks to them that Clinton won back in '92.

Everything has been told here, very pointedly, about James Carville and George Stephanopoulos, the dream team - along with Paul Begala - which helped Clinton to win against the odds.I just rewatched the DVD after years and what really caught me this time was how awkward and downright embarrassing George H.

Although Bill Clinton became president of the United States, it was James Carville and George Stephanopolous won the elections in 1992. That seems to be what Hegedus and Pennebaker are telling us in their documentary The War Room, and for what it looks like, it must have been true.

This is a documentary that follows the 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton. I saw this in a political science class, and remembered that some of the students gave this quite the chuckle, from seeing the overzealousness of George Stephanopoulos to seeing a young, drab-looking Chelsea Clinton.

This largely one-sided but refreshingly unsensationalized doc entertainingly shows how the political sausage is made. And James Carville is a national treasure, and he alone makes this worth watching.

It's 1992. This documentary follows the Clinton campaign from the New Hampshire primary to its Little Rock headquarters as they win a landslide victory over Bush Sr.

The War Room does a good job of extolling the skills of James Carville and George Stephanopolous. Clearly, their work had much to do with Clinton's victory.

There is a moment in 1964's "The Best Man" in which Gore Vidal's script has Henry Fonda watching a presidential convention on television. The audience bursts into prolonged applause.