Knife Fight (2013)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Paul Turner	Rob Lowe	½
Penelope Nelson	Carrie-Ann Moss	½
Kerstin Rhee	Jamie Chung
Dimitris Vargas	Richard Schiff	½
Helena St. John	Amanda Crew
Peaches O'Dell	Julie Bowen
Larry becker	Eric McCormack

Review

Rob Lowe gained experience delivering political babble in The West Wing, and in this idealized satire about the workings and techniques of political strategists, he puts that experience to good use, delivering his quick-witted lines in typical Aaron Sorkin-ish tempo and tone. The film delivers a few jabs at the American political system, especially campaign advertising, but when push comes to shove writer/director Bill Guttentag is a little too much in love with his characters and their flaunting talent for the film to have enough edge and make a lasting impression. And while the narrative structure is semi-fresh and the agenda well-meaning enough, there's really not much progress or development to incur during the course of these ninety plus minutes. This may well be the filmmakers making a point by paralleling politics, but if so, it's as slight a point as there ever was.