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It is the story of the grand politician who once ran for president, Gary Hart, a Colorado senator. After losing the 1984 nomination to Vice President Walter Mundell, Hart decided to run for the presidency of the United States for an important experience in his life. It's a powerful stage, where against the will of its director Bill Dickson, Hart defies the press and the public. Hart may be in a big mistake when he was published in 1987, filming him, sparking a major scandal in his life.
In a similar vein to Steven Spielberg's The Post, The Front Runner delves into the important role of journalism in a world filled with corruption and "fake news".
Forcefully directed by Jason Reitman (Up In The Air), the film is essentially an origin story accounting for the venality of today's rabid media culture, covering hot-button topics such as invasion of privacy, newsroom bias and double-standards.
There's an argument in the film about what is interesting and what is important, and how the two should be weighed. In that spirit, "The Front Runner" is interesting, but it's not weighty or assured enough to be important.
Reitman is good at posing questions for which he doesn't have answers and, although that makes for compelling drama, the results feel incomplete and frustrating.