7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
A Perfect Candidate (1996)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.3
Overview
The filmmakers follow Oliver North's unsuccessful 1994 bid for a Virginia Senate seat, focusing on North's campaign strategist, Mark Goodin, and a Washington Post reporter. Mudslinging ensues.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative
Overview
The filmmakers follow Oliver North's unsuccessful 1994 bid for a Virginia Senate seat, focusing on North's campaign strategist, Mark Goodin, and a Washington Post reporter. Mudslinging ensues.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film provides an observational critique of the American political campaign process, highlighting the superficiality, media manipulation, and character attacks that often define modern elections. It maintains a neutral stance by exposing systemic flaws rather than explicitly endorsing or condemning a particular ideology or candidate.
This documentary chronicles a real-life U.S. Senate election, featuring individuals and events as they occurred. Its representation reflects the actual demographics of the political landscape at the time, with prominent roles held by traditional identities. The narrative focuses on the political process and campaign dynamics, without explicitly engaging with DEI themes or critiquing traditional identities.
Secondary
The film critically observes the instrumentalization of Christian faith in Oliver North's political campaign, highlighting the perceived hypocrisy between his past actions and his moralistic rhetoric. It depicts some adherents as uncritically supportive, raising questions about the intersection of faith and political expediency without offering a counterbalancing positive portrayal of the faith itself within this political context.
A Perfect Candidate is a documentary that chronicles the 1994 U.S. Senate race in Virginia, focusing on the political strategies and media portrayal of candidates Oliver North and Chuck Robb. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
As a documentary, "A Perfect Candidate" features real historical figures from the 1994 U.S. Senate campaign. These individuals are portrayed on screen with their actual historical genders, with no instances of a character established as one gender being depicted as another.
As a documentary, "A Perfect Candidate" features real historical figures portraying themselves during the 1992 U.S. Senate campaign. The concept of a character being race-swapped does not apply to real individuals depicted in a documentary format.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
5.6
Critic Ratings
8.9
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