3/4  Twist and Shout
Mamet's classic screenplay about media manipulation brought to the screen. For Mamet, it's definitely on the lighter side (see Glengarry Glen Ross), but well done. Extraordinary acting (De Niro, Hoffman, Heche, Macy, Leary) and well-paced.... (read full)

2.5/4  Wag the Dog Quick Review
I really liked this film and thought it worked well. Kirsten Dunst was a tad annoying, but the rest.....perfect.

3/4  Wag the Dog Quick Review
Political satire is a tough subject to navigate, but Wag the Dog does some good satirizing. Democrat, Republican, doesn't matter - the fact is, I feel something like this could be cooked up and we'd swallow it hook, line and sinker.

4/5 Very Good Movie
  by Ramon Cholico (Rio Rico, AZ)
Great performances form both Dustin Hoffman and Robert DeNiro. Eventhough, I need to say that it wasn't a very demmanding script, the movie generally speaking reflects a grand critic towards the US politics and how we the citizens of this Great Country react

5/5 A must see
  by Henry D. Friedman (Syracuse NY)
This is one of the best films I have ever seen. I have watched it multiple times and it is just so good for so many reasons. These include the plot, the actors, the dialogue, the script, the filming. It is bittingly satirical as well as frighteningly plausible. Highly recommended.

5/5 basic funny situation
  by Bruce P. Barten (Saint Paul, MN United States)
I can appreciate incredibly funny people being on top of things so the rest of the world seems as clueless as it usually is, but when I watched Wag the Dog this morning, Anne Heche captured everything I am supposed to feel about little girls, but I just don't feel that way anymore. When people start getting upset over a bunch of dogs because a kitten would have been just fine, my own inner feelings start to come out.

5/5 Wonderful satire
  by Neil R. Healy (Toronto, ONT CA)
Loosley based on Clinton's misadventures with Monica, this movie is a a real gem, oft overlooked. De Niro, Hoffman and Heche work very well together in faking a war to take the heat away from their President after he is accused of molesting a Firefly girl in the Oval Office. The supporting cast, including Woody Harrelson, do an incredible job, and the music by Dire Strait's Mark Knofler complements the on-screen action perfectly.

While the film itself in amusing, its point is well taken as to the power of the media, and how often we, as viewers, take what we see as gospel truth. Highly recommended.

4/5 CLINTON PARODY
  by Steven Travers (CALIFORNIA)
"Wag the Dog" was straight out of the Clinton files. The President (partially shown, but apparently not resembling Clinton physically or politically) defiles a girl scout on a White House trip and it becomes public. In real life Clinton lobbed bombs at Iraq and Bosnia to get the story off
page one. In the movie a Bob Evans-type movie producer (Dustin Hoffman) is asked to create fake footage of a war with Albania, in order to get the girl scout story off page one. Think of the personal characterictics of Ron Reagn, then the personal characteristics of Bill Clinton. Nuf sed.