Story of this movie is about Governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta), who is running for president. Stanton is democratic candidate and the whole character is based on Bill Clinton, former candidate and president of USA. The entire movie is based on sex scandal that treats to rule Governor Stanton out of the race for president. Everything that happens in the movie is seen through the eyes of each character and specially through the eyes of young Henry Burton (Adrian Lester), a grandson of a black civil rights leader and Stanton's campaign leader. With Henry in Stanton's team there are also his wife Susan (Emma Thompson), Richard Jemmons (Billy Bob Thornton), Daisy Green (Maura Tierney) and Libby Holden (Kathy Bates), who defends president candidates by stopping the attacks from all comers and also digging out the past of major opponents.
"Primary Colors" is well made movie because it shows us what is man capable of doing to get to a higher position. It also shows us what games politicians are playing behind the closed doors and also how many scandals can one man have. The character of Henry Burton is excellent because he is a young man who is trying to find someone who still believes in the same ideals as he does. He's hoping that Stanton is that man, different from others. But Stanton is a man who slept with 17-year old babysitter, teacher (librarian) in the school and he also had a long relationship with one woman. All of that is Stanton and he became president. If it wasn't Stanton some other man would became president, maybe an ex drug addict or a man who likes to drink, but definitely not someone who is clean. Because no one is clean. These sort of people are running America (from Clinton's sex scandal to todays idiotic person of George Bush) and not only America but every other land. In movie Stanton says that even Abraham Lincoln wasn't innocent and he was surely one of the greatest people in history of America. Politicians are all same all around the world.
Casting is brilliant. Travolta is great with that accent, Kathy Bates is always superb, just like Emma Thompson and Billy Bob Thornton. Adrian Lester really surprised me in positive way.
My favorite line is: "I'm going to tell you something really outrageous. I'm going to tell you the truth." Yeah, right. People would say everything to get what they want and in this case we are talking about votes.
"Primary Colors" is well made movie because it shows us what is man capable of doing to get to a higher position. It also shows us what games politicians are playing behind the closed doors and also how many scandals can one man have. The character of Henry Burton is excellent because he is a young man who is trying to find someone who still believes in the same ideals as he does. He's hoping that Stanton is that man, different from others. But Stanton is a man who slept with 17-year old babysitter, teacher (librarian) in the school and he also had a long relationship with one woman. All of that is Stanton and he became president. If it wasn't Stanton some other man would became president, maybe an ex drug addict or a man who likes to drink, but definitely not someone who is clean. Because no one is clean. These sort of people are running America (from Clinton's sex scandal to todays idiotic person of George Bush) and not only America but every other land. In movie Stanton says that even Abraham Lincoln wasn't innocent and he was surely one of the greatest people in history of America. Politicians are all same all around the world.
Casting is brilliant. Travolta is great with that accent, Kathy Bates is always superb, just like Emma Thompson and Billy Bob Thornton. Adrian Lester really surprised me in positive way.
My favorite line is: "I'm going to tell you something really outrageous. I'm going to tell you the truth." Yeah, right. People would say everything to get what they want and in this case we are talking about votes.