2020 · comedy · drama · political
Irresistible
Directed by Jon Stewart1h 42m2020
A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.
Our read: Irresistible (2020) reads as a warm, steady, grounded comedy · drama · political entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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