Bulworth marks Beatty’s happiest stab at political farce since Shampoo.

It's a sharp, brave movie, a little ragged around the edges, but that's to its advantage.

What gives Bulworth its unique character is that all this silliness is periodically punctuated by cogent, carefully thought-out mini-manifestos...

Timid politicians shrinks in the face of that danger. Brave leaders acknowledge the danger but, if the stakes are sufficiently high, proceed anyway.