Candidate

Year: 1972

Grade: B

Country: USA

Director: Ritchie

Review

robert redford plays the idealistic son of the governor of california. he decides to run for senate after peter boyle coaxes him to do so. at first he runs a real idealistic campaign and is a straight shooter, but then he starts to tone it down when he realizes he has a chance and his handlers handle him too much. in the end he returns to his values and wins the election, but the future is unknown. it’s a pretty good flick and redford is solid in it. the 70s style editing didn’t really do it for me.