Junior campaign manager Gosling plays Stephen Meyer the puppeteer behind the success of Democratic presidential candidate Mike Morris (Clooney). As with every drama we need a love interest for our protagonist, in this case her name is Molly (Evan Rachel Wood). Sadly this is also a political drama so their relationship doesn't remain a bed of roses for long. A slip up on Molly's part leaves the whole campaign at risk with Stephen taking it upon himself to make sure they all have jobs in the morning.
As if Stephen doesn't have enough on his plate, campaign competitor Tom Duffy (Paul Giamatti) is trying to play Stephens boss, Senior Campaign Manager Paul Zara (Philip Seymour Hoffman) off against him. Paul is all about loyalty, but one mans version of loyalty is another mans version of betrayal.
As things suddenly go pear shaped for a man that's only doing his job, it doesn't take him long to opt to use information that could potentially ruin the whole electoral campaign for his own benefit. Though he initially starts out trying to right a wrong, his good nature slowly chips away as he realises where his new position of power could take him.
Though this movie is wrapped around politics, politicians and their philosophies there's enough to make it classed under "Political Drama" but it's not over bearing in the sense that you get lost in the jargon.
The movie I felt was the right length and got all of its points across yet, at the same time to me it ended to abruptly, leaving you with the feeling that there was more to come, but not in a sequel.
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