剧情介绍
2008年，美国共和党候选人麦凯恩（艾德·哈里斯 Ed Harris 饰）与民主党候选人奥巴马竞争第44届美国总统。竞选中处于劣势的麦凯恩听从其高级竞选参谋（伍迪·哈里森 Woody Harrelson 饰）等幕僚的建议，决定选用一名女性作为副总统候选人以增加其竞争力。一番筛选后，阿拉斯加州长萨拉·佩林（朱利安·摩尔 Julianne Moore 饰）成功获选。然而，入选后的佩林无论是行为举止还是知识涉猎都频频令竞选团队大跌眼镜。虽然经过多次特殊培训后佩林的表现有所进步，甚至帮助竞选团队取得了一些不俗的成绩，但佩林的加入能否力挽狂澜，改变麦凯恩团队的命运呢？ 本片根据2010年发行的同名著作改编，由2008年拍摄重现2000年美国大选的《选票风波》导演杰伊·罗奇（Jay Roach）执导。Summer, 2008: John McCain secures the nomination, but polls behind Barack Obama. Strategist Steve Schmidt suggests a game changer: picking a conservative female with media savvy, unknown Alaska governor Sarah Palin, as vice president. She's an immediate hit and a quick study - the gap closes. Then, Tina Fey's impersonation, a raft of criticism, and missing her family send Palin into a near-catatonic state: she doesn't prepare for her Katie Couric interview and bombs. Schmidt searches for an answer: don't expect her to learn the issues, but give her a script. Palin does well in the debate with Biden; she finds her voice, goes off script, and goes rogue. A mistake?