Wag The Dog 1997

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Wag the Dog nonetheless makes a perfect bookend piece for Network. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Hilary Henkin and David Mamet's script is gleefully hyperbolic without ever straying from its political target. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: A wicked smart satire on the interlocking worlds of politics and show business, Wag the Dog confirms every awful thought you've ever had about media manipulation and the gullibility of the American public. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: A very classy act of nose thumbing. Read more

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail: Amusing as it is, Wag The Dog does what it purports to sat irize -- the bark is real but the teeth aren't. Read more

David Denby, New York Magazine/Vulture: The picture conveys an irresistible pleasure in fakery for its own sake, and that's its charm. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The movie is intelligent, but it's also a lot of fun. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Absurd and convincing at the same time. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: Packed full of wickedly amusing details and expertly modulated performances. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Between the laughs, there are moments that ring so true they can raise goosebumps. Read more

Time Out: Lazily assembled by director Levinson, it slides into a series of soft, extended skits on engineering a media war, not helped by several badly handled leaps in the story. Read more

Godfrey Cheshire, Variety: The pacing is crisp, the dialogue quippy and fast, the tone arch but energetic. Read more