Storyline
Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lost his job. Initially given no chance, things turn dark when Cogswell makes it into the general election. Based on a true story.
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70
Although it only glosses the mechanics of local politics, it exudes an endearingly scruffy charm.
58
Perhaps the most curious omission from the movie Grassroots is that there's no mention at all of the classic "Simpsons" episode "Marge vs. the Monorail."
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NPR
Grassroots is a movie where bad ideas, because they're the ones championed by the "correct" side, are king. It never acknowledges that sometimes idealism is just another kind of manipulation.
50
A campaign movie for viewers who, if they care about politics at all, certainly don't require the full Sorkin treatment.
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Variety
Registers like a quaint display of local color.
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