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Metascore
28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannBeatty has fashioned a hilarious morality tale that delivers a surprisingly potent, angry message beneath the laughs.
- 90Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumWarren Beatty sounds off angrily and shrewdly about politics, delivering what is possibly his best film and certainly his funniest and livliest.
- 88USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkWarren Beatty's uproariously rude Bulworth is 90% triumph.
- 80TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghBeatty's contribution to the ranks of recent political satire is bold, merciless and frequently very funny, and his performance is just plain fearless.
- 70Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterThis is a great liberal movie, which is to say, it will be loved most passionately by great liberals, and despised by the conservatives it contemptuously fails to notice.
- 70The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinIts best moments come from witnessing the Senator's inspired unraveling, not from watching where it will end.
- 60Film.comRobert HortonFilm.comRobert HortonBulworth shoots along with great vigor, and its non-politically correct jabs are occasionally exhilarating.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIt's a tease of a satire that never really follows through on its audacious premise.
- 50SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorAs a movie, it's a disaster. As political speech, it's imprecise, shrill and sometimes clichéd, but it's also alive.