The Ides of March (2011) movie poster

The Ides of March (2011)

"Ambition seduces. Power corrupts."
ThumbScore
👍 65%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 76%
Drama

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Director
George Clooney
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
6.7/10 (2,669 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
67

Cast

Ryan Gosling as Stephen Meyers · 72% avg
George Clooney as Mike Morris · 68% avg
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Paul Zara · 77% avg
Paul Giamatti as Tom Duffy · 69% avg
Evan Rachel Wood as Molly Stearns · 70% avg
Marisa Tomei as Ida Horowicz · 71% avg
Jeffrey Wright as Senator Thompson · 68% avg
Max Minghella as Ben Harpen · 66% avg

Is The Ides of March good?

It's divisive. Only 65% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 76%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#2678 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#184 / 241 · 2011
Rank among its director's films
#4 / 7 · George Clooney

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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⬆ 1,210💬 9 comments
George Clooney's campaign poster in "The Ides of March" (2011) is based on Obama's famous poster, which was photographed at an event they attended together
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Top comment: "Sorry for the title gore. I tried to phrase it as succinctly as possible. Fantastic movie, by the..."
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Hi /r/movies, I'm Max Minghella. You might know me from The Handmaid's Tale, The Social Network, Babylon, The Internship, The Ides of March, Syriana, Teen Spirit, Spiral, Horns. My new body-horror, SHELL, premiered at TIFF, stars Elisabeth Moss, and is out in theaters this week. Ask me anything!
Hi r/movies, I'm Max Minghella. You might know me from The Handmaid's Tale, The Social Network, Babylon, The Internship, The Ides of March, Syriana,... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "This AMA has been approved and verified by the mods. Max will be back tomorrow Monday 10/6 at 2 PM..."
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“The Ides of March” (2011)
Based on the reviews of this film, I seem to be in the minority that enjoyed this. I can understand why this political drama would turn people off,... Read on Reddit →
Top comment: "Phil Hoffman was great in the scene when he fired Gosling."
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