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 Political novice Philip
Seymour Hoffman wanders through the 2000 political
conventions. The meandering narrative will drive
grizzled politicos crazy, but when paired with
Bowling for Columbine, it will make half of a
rousing double feature on liberal college campuses.
(1 hr. 30 mins.; NR)
— BILGE EBIRI AND LOGAN HILL
Spotlight: Philip Seymour Hoffman
In 1992, a playful Robert Downey Jr. romped all over
the Clinton-Bush political conventions in the
documentary The Last Party; for The
Party’s Over, a documentary about the
controversial 2000 election, Philip Seymour Hoffman
serves as a more earnest guide. “At first,
I’d be talking to a congressman who I thought
was a senator and thinking, Oh, boy,
Phil—you’re really lost in the
woods,” Hoffman admits. “But I went
into each new interview with more than the
last.” The result is an amateurish but affable
primer on presidential politics—most suitable
for young audiences and replete with celebrity cameos
by the likes of Tim Robbins and Eddie Vedder, whose
appearances, says Hoffman, weren’t motivated by
any desire to further their careers: “I mean,
nobody in this world is ever gonna say, Oh, my God!
We’ve got to put him in our new movie because he
was on The O’Reilly Factor! That’s
just not gonna happen.”
Opens October 24
• Showtimes
& tickets (movietickets.com)
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