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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatMerle BertrandFilm ThreatMerle BertrandBoth Democrats and Republicans take it on the chin here, although the left-leaning bias is obvious.
- Highly entertaining and thought-provoking, but also frustrating -- which, ultimately, might be the point.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe sequence in which the crew acquires press credentials to the Republican National Convention by helping organizers desperate to book a rock band (they deliver Leitch's scruffy pals the Interpreters USSA) is priceless.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonInsufficiently focused but undeniably intriguing.
- 50New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannToo unfocused to make any point worth taking with us into the 2004 presidential campaign.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterA scattershot exercise whose points of interest are surrounded by too much that is trivial. Still, the film earns points for its examination of politics and the political process.
- 40The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe Last Party's scattershot approach doesn't linger on any single topic long enough to make a convincing case for any side.
- 30Village VoiceJessica WinterVillage VoiceJessica WinterHoffman has no particular argument to make, and neither does the movie -- just befuddled disgust with The System in general and the right wing in particular.
- 20L.A. WeeklyRon StringerL.A. WeeklyRon StringerThose seeking anything resembling a real discussion of the issues had best seek elsewhere.