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Primary Colors
Directed by
Mike Nichols
R
1998
2h 23m
Comedy
,
Drama
6.7
80%
64%
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Jack Stanton is running for president. The election is seen through the eyes of young Henry Burton. Along the way Stanton must deal with a sex scandal.
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Cast of Primary Colors
John Travolta
Jack Stanton
Emma Thompson
Susan Stanton
Billy Bob Thornton
Richard Jemmons
Adrian Lester
Henry Burton
Maura Tierney
Daisy Green
Paul Guilfoyle
Howard Ferguson
Larry Hagman
Gov. Fred Picker
Kathy Bates
Libby Holden
Diane Ladd
Mamma Stanton
Rebecca Walker
March
Caroline Aaron
Lucille Kaufman
Tommy Hollis
Fat Willie
Rob Reiner
Izzy Rosenblatt
Ben Jones
Arlen Sporken
J.C. Quinn
Uncle Charlie
Allison Janney
Miss Walsh
Robert Klein
Norman Asher
Mykelti Williamson
Dewayne Smith
James Denton
Mitch
Leontine Guilliard
Ruby
Monique Ridge-Williams
Tawana Carter
Ned Eisenberg
Brad Lieberman
Brian Markinson
Randy Culligan
Geraldo Rivera
Himself
Charlie Rose
Himself
Larry King
Himself
O'Neal Compton
Sailorman Shoreson
Kevin Cooney
Lawrence Harris
Bonnie Bartlett
Martha Harris
Cynthia O'Neal
Elegant Woman
Chelcie Ross
Charlie Martin
John Vargas
Lorenzo Delgado
Tony Shalhoub
Eddie Reyes
Bianca Lawson
Loretta
Robert Cicchini
Jimmy Ozio
William Stanford Davis
Jack Mandela Washington
Harrison Young
Sam
Rolando Molina
Anthony Ramirez
Ross Benjamin
Peter Goldsmith
Stacy Edwards
Jennifer Rogers
Kristoffer Ryan Winters
Terry Hicks
Susan Kussman
Ella Louise
Vickilyn Reynolds
Amalee
Robert Symonds
Bart Nilson
Gia Carides
Cashmere McLeod
Robert Easton
Dr. Beauregard
Scott Burkholder
Danny Scanlon
Bill Maher
Himself
Lu Elrod
Chubby Woman
Michael Haley
Shipyard Announcer
Henry Woronicz
Pundit
Daryce Richman
Linda Feldstein
Rosalie Peck
Retiree
Susan Forristal
Bugger Bugger Woman
James Earl Jones
CNN Voiceover (voice)
Primary Colors Ratings & Reviews
USA Today
Mike Clark
Primary Colors perfectly captures the spirit of its topic and time to become The Big Chill of politics.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
A smart and savvy piece of work.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
The movie loses something by downplaying the book's arresting contrast between Stanton's smooth dishonesty and Picker's raw sincerity.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie is endlessly inventive and involving.
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
A mush of oversimplified ethics.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Adapting Joe Klein's roman a clef of the same name, ferociously witty screenwriter Elaine May and her smooth old compatriot in comedy, director Mike Nichols, have made a zingy drama and have staffed it well.
Associated Press
Hillel Italie
Primary Colors, Nichols' second feature with screenwriter and former stand-up comedy partner Elaine May, is mainstream filmmaking at its most accomplished.
The Hollywood Reporter
Duane Byrge
The performances are splendid, beginning with Travolta's magnificent turn as the big-hearted but hardballing man with 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on his horizon.
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Travolta's warmth and expansiveness effectively amplify and embellish the likable and personable side of Stanton.
Film.com
Tom Keogh
There are piecemeal wonders in Primary Colors, but not the grand and resonant vision the film should have been.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Denby
This entertaining but rather peculiar movie asks extraordinary questions, and I wish it were better equipped to give the answers.
Film.com
Robert Horton
Like its politicians, the movie is savvy about using whatever it takes to achieve a goal.
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
Sheerly as film, Primary Colors generally sizzles.
Film.com
Sean P. Means
A hilariously entertaining movie.
Film.com
John Hartl
Primary Colors is the Mr. Smith Goes to Washington of our jaded era.
Slate
David Edelstein
It's hard for me fully to express how deeply rotten I think Primary Colors is. Adjectives like 'glib,' 'coarse,' and 'sour' don't fully do it.
Houston Chronicle
Jeff Millar
May and Nichols may not be right for the material, especially the Searching for Jimmy Stewart component, which feels more labored as the film proceeds.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
The film seldom displays much in the way of directorial hallmarks.
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
A slack, tepid picture stuck in a no man's land between satire and drama.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Those who wonder how good a Clinton impersonation Travolta does miss the point.
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