chas437 I rate 'Bulworth' an A for degree of difficulty and ambition, C- for execution. Reading through the reviews here, this is clearly a polarizing film. I believe this is ultimately the legacy of the film, which is to say 'Bulworth' will never be remembered as a truly great film.Where this film falls short of its mark is in the limousine liberal rhetoric Senator Bulworth spouts, or raps embarrassingly. After the first few rhymes, which were sort of cute, it becomes cringeworthy. His rap is the worst I've ever heard, its so bad some might see it as mockery of legitimate hip-hop. We get the same political ideology of the liberal elites of the Democrat Party. Its like a broken record, its sounded good or decades, but when these Democrats get into positions of power in government, nothing changes. I would expect conservatives to dislike this, but I'd many progressives are do as well.I do give credit to Beatty for a courageous effort, but the film falls short of its high ambitions. The legacy of 'Bulworth' is really the legacy of the 1960s liberal/radical generation, a lot of talk and theater, no meaningful action or change. The socio-economic standing of poor, inner city African Americans has hardly changed in 50 years.

djfrost-46786 The soundtrack made this movie. This movie is horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SnoopyStyle It's 1996. Californian Democratic Senator Jay Bulworth (Warren Beatty) is worn out and cracking up. His politics has been drifting right. He suffered a large lost shorting pork bellies. He gets $10 million in life insurance to be paid to his 17 year old daughter. He hires a hit-man to kill him. When the hit doesn't happen as expected, he starts acting strange. His off-the-cuff speech at a black church attracts Nina (Halle Berry). His chief of staff Dennis Murphy (Oliver Platt) is besides himself while C-SPAN is filming a special on the senator. As his truth raps gain media traction, he tries desperately to cancel his assassination.I like the idea a lot better than the actual execution. Firstly, I don't find this that funny. I don't think I actually laughed. A few things irk me the wrong way. I find Warren Beatty a bit creepy in this role. He's unbalanced and I have a difficult time fully embracing him. It's watching an old white guy trying to act black. It may be funny for a second but it's terribly awkward. The movie needs to find its heart and it seems to be his daughter. He's essentially doing the assassination to give to his daughter but she's never on the screen. The movie needs to start with him and her having an emotional scene. It needs to anchor the whole movie and that is the missing piece. She is his heart.Murphy is too slow to catch on. He needs to be on the ball quicker. He does say that Bulworth needs to tell him what the play is. However, he should be smart enough to come up with a play himself and so much more. He could be a great insightful character if he's written smarter. Not to mention the couple of stereotypical black girls in the posse. The high-minded political talk is also mind-numbing. There are moments that I like and I want the movie to go a different way sometimes. This is a movie where I love the concept but the execution isn't as much fun as I hope.

DarthVoorhees 'Bulworth' is a brave film which I think is even more relevant now than when first released. What happens behind the scenes? Senator Jay Bulworth sees those string pullers and is sick of idiots being naive enough to believe they don't exist. What's a man who had noble intentions to do when he is reduced to cynicism? Hire a hit-man to kill himself. What to do while waiting for that trigger to be pulled? Ruin whatever credibility you might have gained in your thirty years of public service. Beatty is brilliant as 'Bulworth' who is a surprising hero. We root for this guy and feel devastatingly sorry for him. Why? He's really nothing but a tremendous jerk.(The scene where he tells an African American Church congregation to "put down the malt liquor and chicken wings and support someone other than a running back who stabs his wife" might be the most racist humor I've ever seen on film). 'Bulworth' is a film about self destruction but the beautiful thing about it is that Jay Bulworth intends to bring down bits and pieces of the establishment down with him. We feel sorry for Bulworth because we know he was someone who was an idealist and who has over the course of many years sold out. If he is to die why not go out in a blaze of glory? These bizarre outbursts on Bulworth's part are portrayed beautifully by Beatty. There is a brilliant mix of catharsis and madness in Bulworth who ends his racist tirade merely saying "that was good" with a breath of relaxation.The film isn't without it's faults. It's brave but there were moments I wanted it to go braver. Where do we want to lead Bulworth? It seems the more appropriate thing to do would be to bring Bulworth to a pinnacle of madness. Instead the opposite happens and Bulworth regains his senses in the form of a love interest. Why? What does this do? For one thing the relationship between Halle Berry and Warren Beatty seems tremendously awkward and forced. What would any woman see in Jay Bulworth? The man has obviously lost his mind. Furthermore Beatty was too old at this point to play a love interest in this fashion. Part of the charm of 'Bulworth' is that this man is supposed to be over the hill. I'm not saying a sexual subplot was uncalled for but not a genuine love story. Let Bulworth crash and burn. What would have been far more interesting is if they had explored Bulworth's relationship with his wife which is only a political marriage. Wouldn't it be funny for Bulworth to enact his frustrations on this woman who has become nothing more than an actress for his boring campaign commercials? I think so.'Bulworth' has a charm and it is very different. Not surprisingly my criticisms of it stem from the conventional moments. The scenes where 'Bulworth' spit in the face of conventional political norms are on par with some of the great political satires