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So in answer to our earlier question, it’s not as accomplished and impassioned as “Good Night and Good Luck,” but unlike “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” it’s tonally assured, and unlike “Leatherheads,” it’s, well, watchable. Very watchable in fact—it moves along at a fair old clip, thanks to Stephen Mirrione‘s typically taut editing, and another fine, surprising score from Alexandre Desplat. This U.K.-based writer, who is admittedly something of a U.S. politics junkie (and who pretty much knows “The West Wing” off by heart. All of it. Test me.) had a blast. Whether wider audiences enjoy it as much remains to be seen (and we’re fairly sure that its early anointment as an Oscar front-runner will disappear quickly), but it at least happily confirms that Clooney the director is here to stay. [B]