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quirky characters and an engaging story

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the movie is well done , but slow .

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be a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while , but it also happens to be the movie 's most admirable quality

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an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that do n't really care for the candidate
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