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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle |

    Cconsistently entertaining. Read full review

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    This is no real-life comedy la "Election" -- more like a valuable, teen-scaled version of the presidential election that currently obsesses us. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times |

    Makes for a thoroughly captivating film. Read full review

  • 75
    The Onion A.V. Club | Noel Murray

    What makes the movie fascinating is the particulars of the campaigns. Read full review

  • 75
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Steven Rea

    Sure, it's a skewed view through adolescent eyes, but it's one that still speaks to the aspirations, agendas, image-making and spin control behind a real, grown-up political election. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Ronnie Scheib

    Ultimately, picture's fascination lies with the personalities and strategies of the candidates themselves. Read full review

  • 63
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    The movie doesn't know what it wants to say about the election or the people who run in it. Read full review

  • 60
    Village Voice |

    Suh shows herself ever-happy to settle for the shallow rewards of pop documentary. Depending on your level of fatigue with The Other Campaign, this may be good enough. Read full review

  • 60
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Frontrunners is a lot rougher than Nanette Burstein's recent, similar documentary, "American Teen," and its comparable lack of gloss is both an asset and a flaw. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    Polite, detached documentary in which there are no highs or lows. Politically and emotionally, the movie's thermostat remains at medium cool. Read full review

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