It's an "Old" Movie, But Have You Seen "The Contender"?

@anniepa (27955)
United States
December 30, 2008 4:59pm CST
I've been catching up on a lot of older movies I somehow missed on HBO and other TV stations as well as on DVD and I just watched "The Contender" starring Joan Allen and Jeff Bridges the other night and I really liked it a lot. It was about a female Senator being appointed Vice President after the V.P. passes away and all she goes through trying to get confirmed. Although it was released in 2000 I thought it to be really timely today given all the allegations of sexism during the 2008 campaign. Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin have no idea what sexism is compared to what they did to this poor woman! Did anyone else see this movie and if so, what did you think of it? I loved how at the end they put "For Our Daughters" on the screen. Annie
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Katlady2
@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
30 Dec 08
It's been a while since I've seen it and I don't remember a whole lot about it, but I have seen that movie. And I do remember that I loved it (just don't ask me what details I loved....LOL).
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Katlady2
@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
31 Dec 08
Ooohhh! Now I remember! Thanks hon.
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anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
31 Dec 08
Glad to help! Annie
whiteheather39
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
8 Jan 09
I had to return and tell you that I have just finished watching "The Contender" and it rank as one of the very best political movies I have seen. I could not believe I actually cried at the end. I loved it! I thought how wonderful it would be is we had leaders who showed such absolute integrity. Sadly the movie was fiction and I am having a bout of wishful thinking. Thank you for giving a heads up for this movie.
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anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
24 Jan 09
I cried at the end too! It's amazing how many fictional politicians have so much more integrity than all the real ones combined! They should start watching more movies and TV, maybe they'd learn something. Annie
tentwo67
@tentwo67 (3382)
• United States
2 Jan 09
I love that movie. It's been a while since I've seen it and so some of the specifics evade me, but I thought that Joan Allen was fantastic in this movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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whiteheather39
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
31 Dec 08
I have not seen this movie but I just ordered it from Netflix. It has an unbelievably good cast so I am looking forward to seeing it.
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anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
31 Dec 08
That good cast won't disappoint you, I can assure you of that. I highly recommend it. Come back and tell us what you think after you see it. Annie
Bd200789
@Bd200789 (2994)
• United States
31 Dec 08
No, I haven't seen it, but it sounds like a really good movie.
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iriscot
@iriscot (1289)
• United States
31 Dec 08
I don't believe that I have seen "The Contender", I'll have to check it out. We dropped cable and the small dish satellite system and have subscribed to Netflix. They have a new system that provides over 20,000 movies on streaming video so you can watch all you want on your computer. I got tired of the same old stuff and since the election is over, I no longer need CNN or MSNBC.. So maybe I can watch "The Contender" on streaming video.
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