Release Date
June 22, 2012 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
October 2, 2012 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Stephen Gyllenhaal
Writer
Stephen Gyllenhaal, Justin Rhodes
Cast
Cobie Smudders, Jason Biggs, Joel David Moore, Christopher McDonald, Cedric the Entertainer, Tom Arnold
Studio
Running Time
97 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for pervasive language and brief drug use
It's 2001 before Twitter, before the flash mob and before Obama. A political unknown named Grant Cogswell (Joel David Moore) decides he must take down Seattle City Councilman Richard McIver (Cedric the Entertainer). Grant has only one dream, but it's a big one: an elegant monorail gliding silently above the city's wet streets, with only a tiny footprint – "like a kids' lemonade stand!” – on the ground. He is apoplectic with rage over McIver's... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
The high-stakes world of Seattle politics gets the big screen treatment with Grassroots. I'd be lying if I said it was a movie only a Seattleite could love, because Grassroots is a well-acted and entertaining drama - albeit one that fades in the home stretch. Full movie review »
