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Senator Jay Billington Bulworth (Beatty) has decided he's fed up with the world and puts a contract on himself for someone to kill him. Because he has only a few days to live, he goes out like a bull in a china shop, not caring what he says, because soon he'll be dead. However, he feels good about going out on a streak of honesty, and decides he wants to live. He a) falls in love with a random woman named Nina (Halle Berry), b) has to find out who was going to kill him so he can stop it, c) continue his new, successful campaign of honesty, and d) rap everything he says.
Before watching Bulworth, I was worried. From what I'd read previously, the plot sounded hilarious, but I feared that the movie would have a great plot and not go anywhere with it. I was wrong. Bulworth went in all directions, including some I wouldn't have been able to guess. One mistake, though, was being billed as a comedy. Unless it's like a Shakespearean comedy (where it's exactly like a tragedy except most people don't die at the end), it wasn't funny at all. The character of Bulworth was endearing, though, making him an interesting and entertaining character, one that makes the movie interesting.
However, seeing Bulworth become more and more less like a normal politician, there's nothing more entertaining. This political satire is biting, and speaking the truth, too. It's movie like this that need to be seen. They may not appeal to everyone, but it's entertaining and has some of the best political satire ever put to film.
Rated R for language.
Review Date: April 17, 2004