Review – Primary Colors

This thinly-disguised cinema a clef tale of Bill Clinton’s side of the 1992 presidential campaign starts out strong. Unfortunately, about midway through it loses steam, and toward the end it’s dragging and preaching in equal, hearty measures. Wag the Dog wasn’t all that great an example of the cinematic art, but it has much more sarcastic bite than this sanctimonious whining. On the other hand, Emma Thompson does a good job in the Hillary Clinton role (and that’s saying something, since generally I don’t care for the characters she typically plays). And John Travolta does an even better job as Bill. Still, their good performances can’t save this bad movie. See if desperate