← Back

Wag the Dog

Turkish title: Başkanın Adamları

“A comedy about truth, justice and other special effects.”

1997 · 1 h 37 min
Directed by Barry Levinson
ComedyDrama

Cast

Robert De Niro Dustin Hoffman Anne Heche

Credits

Written by: Larry Beinhart

Plot

Before an election, a spin doctor and a Hollywood producer invent a fake war to bury a presidential sex scandal.

Sinekatalog’s take

Barry Levinson's political satire imagines a fake war invented to cover a scandal. Sharp, funny and eerily prescient, De Niro and Hoffman make a delightfully cynical pair.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (94,368 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

If you liked this

Picked by director, genre, era and shared cast. Titles only, no spoilers.