At the Movies: Clooney's Political Thriller Released

If you like political drama, George Clooney has a new movie for you.

Clooney stars and directs The Ides of March, an adaptation of a play titled Farragut North.

Here’s the plot from moviefone.com:

The movie stars Ryan Gosling as Stephen Myers, an idealistic deputy campaign manager for Governor Mike Morris (Clooney) who is in a major political battle in Ohio that could be the key to winning the Democratic nomination for the Presidency.

When the opposing candidate's campaign manager (Paul Giamatti) offers Stephen a job on his staff, Stephen neglects to inform his boss (Philip Seymour Hoffman).

Just as that omission is revealed, Stephen uncovers a dirty personal secret that could sink Morris' political career.

Genre(s): drama, thriller

MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language

Run Time: 98min.

Distributor(s): Columbia Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures, Crystal City Entertainment, Exclusive Media Group

Director(s): George Clooney

Starring: Ryan Gosling , George Clooney , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Paul Giamatti , Marisa Tomei

Themes: political corruption, scandals, cover-ups, innocence lost, on the campaign trail, work ethics

The Ides of March is showing locally at AMC Lake in the Hills 12, 311 N. Randall Road, Lake in the Hills. For movie times and a trailer, click here for Moviefone's website.