First of all, there are serious problems with the script structure of the film. If it weren't written and directed by Jon Stewart, Hollywood's normal film selection process would not have selected such a script that had the theme hidden for an hour before it appeared. The monologue in the town hall in the first ten minutes did not foretell the development of the plot, nor did it show the theme of the movie, nor did it arouse the audience's interest. Only after watching the movie did we realize that this beginning was really just a pure foreshadowing.
Twenty minutes ago, the protagonist Gary arrived in the town. As an expert, Gary's job is to deal with people. Whether it is pretending or sincere, he should show a likable appearance in front of others. But this role in the movie is unreservedly annoying. On the other hand, the words and deeds of the town residents cannot tell whether they are friendly or xenophobic. Twenty minutes have passed since the movie, and I still don’t know what the movie wants to express. The only thing I can feel for sure is the contempt and prejudice against rural conservatives from the left in the big coastal cities. The rural issues that appear in the plot are obviously that the screenwriter has seen the headline from the news, and the rest of the content depends entirely on the editor. For example, the lack of broadband internet is a problem faced by many rural areas, but it is totally unrealistic to use dial-up internet in the campaign office. Although there is no broadband, mobile phone networks are popular in rural areas. If you want to use a computer, you can also connect to mobile hotspots.
In the forty minutes of the film, the dialogue between Diana and Gary seems to reveal the theme of the film: "to flatter them, you have to condescend to us." But after watching the film, you will find that this is just a supplementary plot, not a movie. Theme of. Finally, after an hour of the movie, SuperPAC appeared. The theme of the movie was the influence of money on elections. This is not a literary and artistic film. In popular entertainment films, never hide the theme before it appears after an hour!
If the movie is interesting, the audience will like it even without any theme. But in this film, the director's attempt to amuse the audience is not funny at all, it will only make people embarrassed. No matter how the reversal of the final ending explained the unreasonableness of the previous plot, after more than an hour of suffering, the audience has lost patience. This film is not used to win over the centrists and conservatives, but the narcissism of the urban left. Jon Stewart is Gary Zimmer in the movie. He is completely out of touch with the American countryside. Not only is he unable to win over each other, but it is offensive. At the end of the film, what the audience remembered was not how the plot was reversed in the last twenty minutes or how to reflect on the manipulation of the election by money, but the film’s contempt and ridicule of the countryside and conservatives in the previous hour or so. The production of such a film in the election year is undoubtedly a knife to Trump's re-election.
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