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Jay Bulworth is your typical senator going through a nervous breakdown.
The empty speeches, lies, money, and pressure have led him to plan his own
assassination on a weekend trip home to California just before the election.
However, a cord snaps in him and like Jim Carrey's rambling lawyer in Liar,
Liar, Bulworth can only tell the truth. This new freedom turns Bulworth
on and he spews the ugly truth about politics: he tells mass media they
are as corrupt as insurance companies; lambastes a black church for not
having leaders; and riles the Jewish power elite of Hollywood. He enters
South Central running away from advisors (including a bemused Oliver Platt)
and mixing it up with a potential new girlfriend (Halle Berry) and a local
boss (Don Cheadle). He offends across the board, even developing an inherent
knack to rap his speeches. And the public loves it. The weekend becomes
a clarifying point for Bulworth: he finds a reason to live.
Beatty's rude and relevant comedy is a one-joke
movie, but the joke is pretty good. It's a courageous film that is always
sharp even though it loses narrative focus. Beatty's hilarious raps are
so inspired they deserve repeated viewings. As usual, Beatty surrounds himself
with a great crew, Ennio Morricone's music and Vittorio Storaro's cinematography
being especially noteworthy. Beatty and Storaro even have the audacity to
imitate two very famous photographs in the film's final seconds. The script
by Beatty and Jeremy Pikser won the L.A. Film Critics award and was nominated
for an Oscar.
Dallas / Oxford
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