The Campaign

May the best loser win.

This comedy takes a piercing look at the current state of American politics, and how big money is running the show. When a long-term congressman commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man is a naïve director of the local Tourism Centre. At first, he appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of unlimited financial resources, a cut-throat campaign manager and his family's political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic incumbent plenty to worry about.

90 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Sex).
Comedy.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Tallest guy always wins ... :-)

Credits

Cast	Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Dylan McDermott, Katherine LaNasa, Sarah Baker, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd
Director	Jay Roach
Screenplay	Shawn Harwell, Chris Henchy
Music	Theodore Shapiro
Cinematography	Jim Denault
Editing	Craig Alpert, Jon Poll
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Made in	2012
Produced by	Everyman Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy
Language	Strong, course, rude, frequent
Nudity	Isolated, non-sexual context, brief
Sex	Implied, strong references, vulgar behaviour
Violence	Brief, moderate impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Alcohol use, tobacco use
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Hollywood Reporter The crude brand of satire manages to elicit laughs thanks to its well-matched leads	10
Die Burger Riëtte Grobler	5
Cape Times Michael Rechtshaffen The vote is in, and election movie is far from winning poll position.	5
Box Office James Rocchi The great thing about The Campaign, is that it's weird and strange and surreal and passionate and dirty, a crazy-smart comedy where you laugh until it hurts — in no small part because a lot of it should.	15
ScreenIt C. Fuchs Despite some decent laughs scattered here and there, the film begins to drag and feels long despite its somewhat abnormally short running time.	8
Metacritic.com 35 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 175 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Its crude brand of political satire isn't quite as smart or sharp as one might hope in an election year, but The Campaign manages to generate a sufficient number of laughs thanks to its well-matched leads.	13
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
Movie Review Intelligence 47 critics	13
What the People say
Internet 15120 Netizens	13
Average .. 53%	11