I wanna be a fly
A frequent thought while watching Wag the Dog is that I'd love to be a fly on the wall whenever the movie's stars, Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman, get together. In the film they demonstrate such a natural chemistry. I would bet that their friendship is an example of one of those great relationships that few experience -- true brothers -- agape in the flesh.
Without this chemistry the movie might have been simply very good rather than simply bordering on brilliance. Wickedly witty, topically satiric, and superbly cast, this is one of the best movies I've seen in quite some time.