Recount (2008) is Jay Roach's made for tv movie surrounding the 2000 US Election crisis. Having been extremely interested in the situation since being introduced to Douglas Kellner's fabulous book Grand Theft 2000, i eagerly awaited the British airing of this film. Recount is based around that dramatic and confusing time which eventually led to George W. Bush being elected to the oval office. For a movie that is coming from a pro-Democratic position, the film is actually not as biased as one may think. Of course the film was also going to be slighlty left-skewed because it is told from the Democrats perspective, but it shows the lengths that both sides were willing to go to, to win the election. The film is really well put together, focusing on this back and forth battle for the White House. It is excellently cast, Kevin Spacey as always puts in a stellar performance. However it has to be Laura Dern as Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris who steals the show. Of course this is a Hollywood film so fact and fiction were always likely to cross wires, however the facts are certainly not lost here. The film picks up on important facts from the election including the lack of consistent standards across counties for the voting, and also briefly focuses on the people who were not allowed to vote because they had a name that was similar to a convicted criminal. The film brings to light that even in the so-called most Democratic country in the world an election can still be stolen.
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