Sen. Jay Billington Bulworth has sold out, lost any say in how he spends his time, and lives a "family values" lie. Suicidally depressed, he comes up with a scheme to throw in the towel and have his nemesis -- the insurance industry -- pick up the tab.For the first time in memory, Bulworth speaks honestly and actually has some fun. To his surprise, he makes two amazing discoveries along the way -- he can actually do some good, AND find true love.I had seen this roller coaster of a movie a while back and rediscovered it recently on Sundance. I was amazed at how well it has held up, with all its talk of Obamacare-style socialized medicine and even references to the cool vegetable du jour, kale. There is amazing work here by Warren Beatty, who not only stars but also wrote the trenchant and hilarious script. Beatty is a poignant and believable protagonist on a high-speed road trip of outrageous public performances and flights from a suspected hit man in shades.Among the many interesting things that Beatty highlights in this film is an appreciation for plain-spokenness in the African-American community -- as contrasted with endless beating-around-the-bush by white folk.He says a lot about race relations that rings true today. And though he's a longtime supporter of Democratic politics, Beatty skewers both parties for being self-serving and money-grubbing.The plot twists and casting in this film are of the highest order. Halle Berry shines as a straight-talking street tough who wins Bulworth's heart. Their frenetic dance at an underground club -- is there any better chemistry in a movie, ever? Oliver Platt and another actor whose name I don't know are sublime as Bulworth's sweating-bullets handlers, and I savored the performances of character actors Jack Warden, as Davers, and Richard Sarafian as the sloppy, crude, and gluttonous Vinny.There are so many lessons in this film for all of us. Let's get real, people! Say what you mean, and mean what you say. If speaking in rhyme makes you happy, just do it! Don't sell out. And try to help your fellow man. C'mon, Bulworth...get thee to the ER! And long live Bulworth!

An impossible feat to pull off, this film is remarkable in its audacious use of Rap rhythms and in your face farce that is a wonder to behold. There is literally nothing like this in moviedom. An over the top take on class war and politics that is amazingly fresh. You would hardly think that Warren Beatty as a depressed suicidal Senator having a nervous breakdown and suffering from sleep deprivation, taking on the ridiculous persona of an inner-city youth and parading it in front of the National News Media, could work as a piercing political satire. But it does, and it is a devastating delivery of an unbridled, out of the box, stream of consciousness conviction of a world gone mad.This is probably too pretentious and pandering for anyone but the far left to tolerate. However, even years later it is timeless, and you cannot deny that it is a mind-numbing movie that is entertaining and one must wonder, just how they made it happen. But here it is.

Warren Beatty co-wrote, co-produced, directed, and was the star in this political satire/ comedy. He should have given the part of Bulworth to a slightly younger --and funnier actor.Beatty just isn't funny. When you see a movie that continually tells you about things that everyone knows (money in the U.S.A. is not fairly distributed)..and other social in-justices, it becomes tiresome. At times i felt I should have been laughing, .... but its so "clever" and so very "witty" --(and repetitive)), i just watched and watched. The relationship between Bulworth and Tina (Halle Berry)has ..zero..chemistry, and is a little ridiculous. This was NOT Berries finest hour !! The film walks the fine line between humor and politics. It is an average piece of work--strangely not funny--and easy to forget.

My friend didn't really like this movie all that much claiming that he couldn't really relate to the African-American subculture, but what I really think is that this movie is directed to minority people in general and is quite anti-corporate.The movie is focused around incumbent senator for California, Senator Bullsworth. The movie opens with him watching his campaign trailers and crying. It seems that the weight of his position has finally fallen on him. We learn that his wife really doesn't love him anymore and he has asked a hit-man to kill him. Suddenly he turns on the political system and begins to drag it through the mud. The first speech is at a Negro church and when he is asked questions, instead of giving a sugar coated non-committal answer, he tells them the truth. They have no money and thus do not matter. Soon he turns on the corporate sponsors, criticising their manipulation of the political system by throwing lots of money in the right direction.Thus senator Bullsworth throws away his lifestyle and delves into the Negro community. He attacks the corporations that run the nation and supports the under powered minorities. He even turns his teeth on the drug pushers, seeing them as evil pawns of the faceless corporations.Basically this movie is Bullsworth's epiphany. He wants to die at first, and with this he has his epiphany - the realisation before his death. Throughout the movie we know that he is going to die, because even though he is popular, he cannot get away with making the statements that he is making. He is being incredibly controversial, and such a stance can never last that long. It rocks the boat way too much and as such can't be allowed to succeed. In the America of the movies things cannot change too much, and in fact, if it has happened before hand, things will be set straight. I guess this then shows the tragedy of society, that when a saviour arrives, he will be killed, because those in power don't want to give it up.