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The Manchurian Candidate
Everything is under control.
Everything is under control.
Drama, Mystery, Thriller - 2004
6.6
80%
76
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
129 min
Release date:
30 Jul 2004
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$80,000,000
Revenue:
$96,105,964
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award1 win & 12 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Beautifully made and unsurpassingly creepy, it's the rare remake with something contemporary to add.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
7 Aug 2004
rotten:
Far from a disgrace, but it's not freewheeling enough, not strange enough to make sense of our gathering dread.
– Peter Rainer,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
8 Aug 2004
fresh:
Strikes me as a very artful cover -- about the cleverest imaginable transliteration of the story from its historical moment to ours.
– Cliff Doerksen,
Chicago Reader,
13 Aug 2004
fresh:
Demme serves the picture completely.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
28 Aug 2004
fresh:
Happily, this extremely timely entertainment matches, even perhaps surpasses its predecessor.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
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