The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Directed by Jonathan Demme · 130 min · Thriller, Drama, Mystery
41.1 TOPICAL score · #2,593 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Manchurian Candidate (2004, directed by Jonathan Demme) has a TOPICAL score of 41.1 - ranked 2,593 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and critics, and lowest on awards. Critics: 79% on Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic 76. Audiences: TMDB 6.5/10 (1,826 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 38 languages.
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- Critics79% on Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic 76
- AudienceTMDB 6.5/10 (1,826 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 38 languages
- Still read37,820 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Denzel Washington (actor #59), Meryl Streep (actor #12), Liev Schreiber (actor #1,046), Simon McBurney (actor #1,037)