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Film Battle in Seattle

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In Battle in Seattle, first-time director Stuart Townsend presents a curiously inspirational cocktail of big Hollywood names and an overtly political agenda. Most protest films either focus on the '60s or take the form of a documentary, but Stuart explores the topic through the lens of the 1999 WTO demonstrations — an era that already seems relatively idyllic in the wake of 9/11. Michelle Rodriguez marshals her bad-girl bluster as an activista; a hawkish Woody Harrelson plays a cop made queasy by the police state he must enforce; and, as his pregnant wife, Charlize Theron does an excellent job of functioning as the audience's consciousness-raising stand-in.

– Lisa Rosman

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