Summary
Based on a true story, a hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+6)
Critics 45Audiences 51GoodWatch 49
Metascore51
Tomatometer39%
IMDb6.2
Letterboxd · 3 K ratings2.9/5
User score5.1
Audience score34%
Box office
9%of its budget back
- Budget
- $13 M
- Worldwide
- $1 M
Worldwide it made back $1 M of the $13 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 48 min
A typical length for comedies, +8 min on the typical 100
typical 100108Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 29 countries, rent or buy in 9 more
+19Released
2010
September 16, 2010
16 years ago
Genres
ComedyCrimeDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
- Canada
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 48 more67 people
- Kevin SpaceyJack Abramoff
- Kelly PrestonPam Abramoff
- Hannah Endicott-DouglasSarah Abramoff
- Rachelle LefevreEmily Miller
- Barry PepperMichael Scanlon
- Spencer GarrettTom DeLay
- Jon LovitzAdam Kidan
- Eric SchweigChief Poncho
Yannick BissonOscar Carillo
Maury ChaykinBig Tony
Daniel KashKontantinos (Gus) Boulis
Anna HardwickLobbyist #2
Ruth MarshallSusan Schmidt- PSPaul StephenReverend Mueller
Graham AbbeySimon Bowler
Jeffrey R. SmithGrover Norquist
Graham GreeneBernie Sprague
John HickenlooperSenator Campbell- JRJohn RobinsonFederal Agent Patterson
Jason WeinbergSnake- YCYok Come HoAsian Factory Worker
John David WhalenKevin Ring
Matt GordonBill
Christian CampbellRalph Reed
Directing · 3
- George Hickenlooper Director
- Martin Walters First Assistant Director
- Jonnie Katz First Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Norman Snider Writer, Co-Producer
Production · 14
- Lewin Webb Executive Producer
- Dana Brunetti Executive Producer
- Domenic Serafino Executive Producer
- Richard Rionda Del Castro Executive Producer
- Patricia Eberle Executive Producer
- Warren Nimchuk Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Adam Swica Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- William Steinkamp Editor
Sound · 1
- Jonathan Goldsmith Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- Matthew Davies Production Design
- Patricia Cuccia Set Decoration
- Peter Emmink Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Debra Hanson Costume Design
- Donald Mowat Makeup Artist, Makeup Department Head
Visual Effects · 1
- Neil Williamson Visual Effects Producer
Other crew · 1
- Alison Reid Stunt Coordinator
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