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Joan Allen is an American senator who is nominated to replace a recently deceased Vice-President by Jeff Bridges ("President Evans"). Once her confirmation hearing begins, she finds her rather interesting private life under the scrutiny of hostile committee chairman Gary Oldman w…
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The Contender
“Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.”
67%
Movie
2h 6m
AI Analysis
The Contender (2000) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Contender (2000) — a movie tagged as Drama and Thriller with tense and epic moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power. Our models also surface themes such as ai and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~126 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Contender 67% (264 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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from 264 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2000-10-13
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- TMDB rating
- 6.7
- TMDB ID
- 6521
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The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the fi... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for The Contender is approximately 126 minutes.
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Directors & writers
Cast
Joan Allen
Laine Hanson
Gary Oldman
Shelly Runyon
Jeff Bridges
President Jackson Evans
Christian Slater
Reginald Webster
Sam Elliott
Kermit Newman
William L. Petersen
Jack Hathaway
Saul Rubinek
Jerry Tolliver
Philip Baker Hall
Oscar Billings
Robin Thomas
William Hanson
Kathryn Morris
Paige Willomina
Mike Binder
Lewis Hollis
Kristen Shaw
Fiona Hathaway
Douglas Urbanski
Makerowitz
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Noah Fryrear
Timmy
Angelica Page
Dierdra
Joseph Lyle Taylor
Paul Smith
- K
Kevin Geer
Congressman Skakle
Doug Roberts
Congressman Harding
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Joan Allen is an American senator who is nominated to replace a recently deceased Vice-President by Jeff Bridges ("President Evans"). Once her confirmation hearing begins, she finds her rather interesting private life under the scrutiny of hostile committee chairman Gary Oldman who is determined to expose every aspect of her life - past and present - to the public. Oscar-nominated Allen is good as the feisty, intelligent, senator but the rest of this is all rather lacklustre and frequently overly contrived, with plenty of dramatic events designed to enhance the plot rather then create any sense of plausibility. Against the backdrop of the Clinton impeachment trial, the film had a certain resonance and it certainly does not show the constitutional processes, nor the male-dominated American establishment's approach to women, in a good light, but the older it gets, the less that causal impact it has and is now little better than a run-of-the-mill political drama that struggles to distinguish itself.
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