George Clooney is not the first actor to become a director, and "The Ides of March" is not the first film to expose the shady maneuvers of political cynicism and the double crosses of those who are willing to do anything to win power and success,and the sexual hypocrisy of American Puritanism. But perhaps "The Ides of March" is the most pretentious: dark atmospheres, dialogues and meetings in dark places, where dramatic confrontations are carried out in a muffled murmur, eyes staring into space, tears mingle with the rain, One feels the director's desire to create a product "intellectual" and sophisticated, but I think he succeeds only in part. The film is slow, and the finale is pretty weak, ending not with a bang, but almost in a whimper. The denounciation lacks bite, and the "message" is lost in a buzz of mobile phones.
PS Note to fans of the actor Clooney: he' not the protagonist, and in fact you only see him in a few scenes.
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