Sarah Palin as his running mate and the fallout that ensues.ĭespite virtuoso (and likely Emmy-winning) performances from Julianne Moore as Palin, Woody Harrelson as McCain’s strategist Steve Schmidt and Ed Harris as McCain, there will be charges of left-leaning Hollywood bias in the portrayals.
Which brings us to HBO’s Game Change, a film focusing on 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain‘s choice of Alaska Gov.
We see what we want to see, and if someone, some book, some film or some cable news channel tries to distort the image we want to see, there will be blowback and outrage. We are a fiercely partisan country that has never let facts get in the way of perception. It’s nearly impossible to make a political film based on real-life events without immediately polarizing one side. This review originally appeared in the March 2 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
