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Wag the Dog

Movie
1997
1h 37m
R
English
Comedy, Drama
User Score: 
7.2
Critic Score: 
80
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During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
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Wag the Dog

R
Movie
1997
1h 37m
English
Comedy, Drama
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.2
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Wag the Dog (1997) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
80

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Dustin Hoffman
Stanley Motss
Robert De Niro
Conrad Brean
Anne Heche
Winifred Ames
Woody Harrelson
Sergeant William Schumann
Denis Leary
Fad King
Willie Nelson
Johnny Dean
Andrea Martin
Liz Butsky
Kirsten Dunst
Tracy Lime
William H Macy
CIA Agent Charles Young
Harland Williams
Pet Wrangler
Sean Masterson
Bob Richardson
Bernard Hocke
Technician
Maurice Woods
Kid with Shoes
Phil Morris
Co-Pilot
Ed Morgan
Store Owner
Directed By: Barry Levinson
Written By: David Mamet (Screenplay), Hilary Henkin (Screenplay)

Featured Comments/Tips

hitchhiker says...
13 years ago
80%? Come on, this is a classic! More relevant now than ever before!
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JeanEats says...
4 years ago
Watching this movie really makes you wonder what’s real and what’s fraudulent... even now in 2020. More people need to see this one!
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PorterUk says...
3 years ago
As soon as war breaks out, I think of this film. It should be mandatory viewing to wake up the sheeple. To think this came out pre-Lewinsky... And the phrases used were almost verbatim to how 9/11 was a war with Afghanistan (they actually referenced mountain caves!) and then magically a war with the (nothing to do with the fact he started selling oil in euros not dollars) Hussein Saudi regime. It's either astonishing or deeply saddening that this film is so believable. And here we go in 2022 where the optics of a humanitarian crisis are inseparable from the propoganda that we are fed with it... Who knows what to believe? (and as a Brit, I see an entire career for Armando Iannucci from this one film. The Thicknof It, In The Loop, Death of Stalin, Veep... They owe a debt for sure.) 8/10
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crc2018 says...
2 years ago
The best part is that Hoffman gets whacked at the end.
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Featured User Reviews

SkinnyFilmBuff
7/10  one year ago
The only thing I knew going into this film was that it starred Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro and that it had some Oscar noms. As it so happens, I recently watched _Don't Look Up (2021)_, which proved an appropriate modern companion piece, having a very similar vibe with its over-the-top satire More
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