...a matter-of-fact drama that's rarely as engrossing or captivating as one might've anticipated...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 10, 2020

Given its timeliness, "Recount" is a painful sort of fun, and likely a great argument starter.

| Mar 30, 2020

The cable channel has taken a difficult, divisive topic and turned it into a clear, fast-moving thriller with comical overtones.

| Jun 14, 2018

The movie isn't subtle... but it takes on a big subject and gives it a light spin.

| Jun 14, 2018

This film does an honest and fair job of presenting the facts in as complete a picture as two hours could possibly allow.

| Original Score: 9.5/10 | Jun 14, 2018

Democracy relies on citizens having access to verified information about their lives, while such docudramas as Recount often provide the opposite - innuendo, rumor and outright fabrications.

| Jun 13, 2018

It's so suspenseful that it's easy to forget that you already know how it ends.

| Jun 13, 2018

Even when the complicated political and legal machinations are handled gracefully, Recount doesn't have time to give these people depth or render their unique situations with sufficient shadings of complexity.

| Jun 13, 2018

The tension that swirled around thousands of disputed Florida ballots after the November 2000 election was almost Shakespearean... Recount effectively dramatizes that struggle.

| Jun 13, 2018

There's no suspense about the outcome, but following the twisted, oftentimes maddening journey to that point is filled with tension and dark humor.

| Jun 13, 2018

The movie possesses an underlying smugness that seems to say that all would be well in the world today if only Al Gore had eked out a win that fateful November and December - a conclusion that is impossible to reach.

| Jun 13, 2018

If you have the slightest interest in politics and movie treatments thereof, I recommend it.

| Jun 13, 2018

What's in it for viewers just looking for a good time? Since this is only a movie, with imagined dialogue and Hollywood stars, it must pass the entertainment test. Mostly, it does.

| Jun 13, 2018

It's a gorgeous bit of political theater.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 13, 2018

Recount is nonetheless accomplished and useful in piecing together a sequence of events that seemed confusing and chaotic from the outside. The effect is like watching a freeway pile-up in slow motion.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 13, 2018

Credit must go to Recount's script, which manages to cover all of the bases without sacrificing wit and realism, and its acclaimed cast, who bring to life several infamous moments.

| Apr 20, 2018

Esquemtico a ponto de mergulhar a narrative em um tom burocrtico, merece crditos pela atuao de Spacey, Dern e Begley Jr., representando tambm uma bem-vinda (ainda que no totalmente bem-sucedida) mudana de rumo na carreira de Roach.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 10, 2008

A fleet-footed, conversational study of potentially very dry material well-covered by the media of the day.

| Original Score: A | Jun 5, 2008

Recount, an efficient and relentless enactment of the strategists on both sides of the Florida controversy, shows an accident that was waiting to happen.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 27, 2008

Though depressing as a reminder of how George W. Bush's presidency was won by the concerted efforts of numerous Republican interests more or less working independently of each other, it's also a screechy example of liberal Hollywood condescension.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 27, 2008