The Offender

The Contender is a candidate for the year’s most high-minded trash

Comments (0) By Robert Wilonsky Wednesday, Oct 11 2000
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President Jackson Evans' (Jeff Bridges) sole flaw is his weakness for shark-steak sandwiches.
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President Jackson Evans' (Jeff Bridges) sole flaw is his weakness for shark-steak sandwiches.

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Lurie insists in the press notes that the film is less about politics than principles: Hanson refuses to confirm or deny the allegations brought against her by Runyon and a freshman senator, Reginald Webster (Christian Slater). She will not dignify them with a response, even after Runyon has leaked them over the Internet to a Drudge Report-like Web site in order to keep his own hands clean. Allen merely clenches her jaw and squeezes out a solitary tear; she's a rock, sinking to the bottom of the cesspool. But Lurie wants it both ways: He forbids Hanson to respond, then allows her to tell the entirety of the tale to the president long after she's insisted it's none of his, or anyone else's, business. Some things, and some movies, you just wish people would keep to themselves.

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