Feature2012·118m·6.9

Game Change

Politics would never be the same.

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During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists.

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Cast

Julianne Moore

Sarah Palin

Woody Harrelson

Steve Schmidt

Ed Harris

John McCain

Peter MacNicol

Rick Davis

Jamey Sheridan

Mark Salter

Sarah Paulson

Nicolle Wallace

Ron Livingston

Mark Wallace

David Barry Gray

Todd Palin

Larry Sullivan

Chris Edwards

Mikal Evans

Bexie Nobles

Colby French

Tucker Eskew

Bruce Altman

Fred Davis

Spencer Garrett

Steve Biegun

Brian Howe

Randy Scheunemann

John Rothman

A.B. Culvahouse

Austin Pendleton

Senator Joe Lieberman

Alex Hyde-White

Lindsey Graham

Ron Perkins

Bill McInturff

Melissa Farman

Bristol Palin

Taya Miller

Piper Palin

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
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Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
PlaytoneHBO FilmsEveryman Pictures

Crew

Director

Jay Roach

Writers

Danny Strong, John Heilemann, Mark Halperin

Theodore Shapiro

Original Music Composer

Lucia Zucchetti

Editor

Michael Corenblith

Production Design

Jim Denault

Director of Photography

Gallery

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

1/12/2023

7.0

You couldn't make this today could you? I mean, the Repubicans aren't all depicted as idiotic, mouth breathing, Nazi monsters from Mars... so it wouldn't be PC enough and people would call it offensive. Because, how dare you not stereotype. Anyway, Palin was a mistake, but the movie puts all the blame on her. That wasn't really the case was it? We were just coming off the W presidency, if Obama won the primary, the Democrats would have won the election. If Hillary won the primary, the Democrats would have won the election. If a reanimated corpse won the primary, the Democrats would have won the election. People were so fed up with 8 years of W, that the DNC could have run a serial killer that cooked and ate a Jewish baby on live television and they still would have beaten McCain. McCain's problem wasn't Palin. McCain's problem was W, and he was in the same party as W and Americans just wanted a change after that mess. So it's kind of unfairly blaming Palin... but Palin was a mistake. She was not ready for the big game. She was poor choice. But, it was a fair depiction of why she was a poor choice. It was a well acted and fair depiction of why she was a bad choice. It was a well acted and well directed and fair depiction of why she was a bad choice. But in the end, it wasn't her fault. W guaranteed that there was going to be no beating Obama. But as far as political movies go, it's fair and well done... despite the miscast blame.