Frontrunners
Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: October 15, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleReyhan Harmanci
Cconsistently entertaining. Read full review
90
Film ThreatMark Bell
If FrontRunners doesn't teach you something about politics, at least it will entertain you. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
This is no real-life comedy à la "Election" -- more like a valuable, teen-scaled version of the presidential election that currently obsesses us. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
Makes for a thoroughly captivating film. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The only thing missing is the mud that the big boys love to sling. But the Stuyvesant candidates are kids - give them a few years. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
What makes the movie fascinating is the particulars of the campaigns. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Sure, it's a skewed view through adolescent eyes, but it's one that still speaks to the aspirations, agendas, image-making and spin control behind a real, grown-up political election. Read full review
70
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Ultimately, picture's fascination lies with the personalities and strategies of the candidates themselves. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Like all too many docs these days, it chronicles a contest while caricaturing the contestants. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The movie doesn't know what it wants to say about the election or the people who run in it. Read full review
60
Village VoiceNick Pinkerton
Suh shows herself ever-happy to settle for the shallow rewards of pop documentary. Depending on your level of fatigue with The Other Campaign, this may be good enough. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Frontrunners is a lot rougher than Nanette Burstein's recent, similar documentary, "American Teen," and its comparable lack of gloss is both an asset and a flaw. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Polite, detached documentary in which there are no highs or lows. Politically and emotionally, the movie's thermostat remains at medium cool. Read full review
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