Primary Colors (1998)

Feel Good Movie
How many times is a political drama called a feel good movie? It may have done bad at the box office, but it was only because people were tired of the Clinton bashing. Yes this movie picks at Bill Clinton's 'bad' habits, but it makes me feel good. Not in the sense that I'm better, but the sense that I can laugh and go through the ups and downs of the movie and come through at the end with a good ending. It makes me want to see West Wing episodes of Jack Stanton's White House. Hands down, I love this movie.

Staton or Clinton
Travolta does an excellent job of portraying Presidential hopeful Gov Staton which has a very close reality to Clinton in both background and styles. This is a comedy/drama about the campaign trail to the president for a little known southern Governor and all the challenges both in a typical campaign as well as his own (womanizing). All of the acting was very good and the story line was multidimensional, don't be surprised if you have to watch it a couple of times to pick everything up.

Travolta Nailed the Role
In what might've been just a parody of Bill Clinton, John Travolta's finest work to date goes beyond parody or immitation. Yes, you can tell it's Bill Clinton, but he gives the role an excellent three dimensional aspect that reveals him, for better and worse. The movie is worth seeing for his perfmance alone, but add Emma Thompson and Kathly Lee Bates and Billy Bob Thornton, and you've got a great ensemble telling a story that reveals that politics -- and politicians -- are sometimes more, and less, than we realize. Highly recommended.