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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
In that powerful story, there seems to be a dark political side trying to destroy democracy. That story begins when the abducted soldier becomes the next vice president of the United States under these bad conditions. But another soldier is still trying to uncover the plot behind him, a conspiracy that seeks to destroy democracy itself. There could be more challenges for everyone.
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1944, New York City, New York, USA
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August 19, 2010
This humorless and nonsensical update of The Manchurian Candidate - a total misread of Frankenheimer's classic original - never quite engages, devolving the original's camp and satire into self-serious melodrama.
October 18, 2008
Demme's direction is as punctilious as it was in Silence of the Lambs, careful with details and craftsmanlike with storytelling -- although we do have to work a bit to stay on top of things.
November 20, 2008
It is as shocking now as it was forty years ago, but nothing in the 2004 version approaches that level of intensity, intelligence, or audacity.
May 27, 2011
If it isn't the original's equal, The Manchurian Candidate conjures up an air of menace sufficient to make most modern thrillers look like romantic comedies.
April 29, 2009
A rather decent imitation in the end with political subtext and very good performances.
August 08, 2004
Far from a disgrace, but it's not freewheeling enough, not strange enough to make sense of our gathering dread.
December 28, 2010
Sleek remake is more violent than original.
June 24, 2006
Happily, this extremely timely entertainment matches, even perhaps surpasses its predecessor.
August 07, 2004
Beautifully made and unsurpassingly creepy, it's the rare remake with something contemporary to add.
August 03, 2004
Following a dozen years of docs, light comedy, and p.c. weepies, Candidate represents Demme's best dramatic filmmaking since The Silence of the Lambs.
August 13, 2004
Strikes me as a very artful cover -- about the cleverest imaginable transliteration of the story from its historical moment to ours.
August 28, 2004
Demme serves the picture completely.
