Movie

The Deal

2003 · 75 min

A quietly gripping two-hander about friendship curdling into rivalry, all sharp dialogue and glances across a restaurant table.

Overview: It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers another in a line of heart attacks and dies. With the leadership campaign about to start the clear choice appears to be Gordon Brown, a stanch Scotsman. However Tony Blair is also beginning to appear more likely as he will appeal to Southern voters who would be turned off by Brown. Blair rings Brown to arrange a meeting to discuss which will go for the job. The film flashbacks to the start of their relationship, sharing an office in Westminster on their first seats.
How it feels: Tense, cynical, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Power, ambition, betrayal, politics
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
ambition
betrayal
politics
loyalty
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none