Jon Stewart‘s Rosewater (Open Road, 11.14), which opens today after a 75-day buildup, is an entirely honorable, absorbing, not-oppressively-heavy political melodrama — sobering, believably acted, right in there. But I wasn’t that hot to see it a second time. Once seemed enough. Then I watched this Stewart-O’Reilly riff. Rosewater is not The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and, while aimed at intelligent audiences, is not exactly defined by tart, witty repartee, but I want to see it again now. Go figure. These guys are good. Rosewater has a 74% Rotten Tomatoes rating.
