Hi just like playing video games and watching films. If you remember to rate my reviews I will do th...
Hi just like playing video games and watching films. If you remember to rate my reviews I will do the same
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A very good story about a dead ringer for the president. The president of the USA has a stroke, but Dave has been standing in for him and the president has met him. Kevin Kline plays an excellent charecter who is warm and charming, everything the real preasident isn't. Sigourney Weaver plays the estranged wife, who has accepted that her husband will cheat with his secatrays. The chief of staff wants Dave to appoint him as vice president, so they employ Dave to take over after the president's stoke. Dave seems at first to be a yes man. How ever when Sigorney Weavers plans are destryoed for the homeless shelter, we see Dave spring into action and shave £600 million of the budget. He explains that its not a good idea spending 50 million dollars telling the Americans to feel good about a car they already have. The real vice president has been sent aw oay and set up by the chief of staff to take the rap for a scandal that the real president was involved in. This all comes to light when Dave sacks his chief of staff, who in turn names and shames the president. A warm hearted comedy with a good story. The title doesn't make the film sound that good but it is!
The reason I like the film is that the good guy wins, Dave is just an ordinary man who gets the dream job of being the American president and has the nouse to stand up for the common man, the humour is good and I imagine the whitehouse staff to be like they are portrayed in the film. I would recommend seeing this film, as it an enjoyable movie and better than some of the modern ones that are around today.
Kevin Kline gives a good performance as the common man with a heart, and is very strong in his convictions, and the on screen chemistry between him and Sigorneuy Weaver works really well.
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You don't really say much about what you think about the movie, other than you don't like the name of it. A review is really all about sharing your thoughts, opinions and experiences with other people, anyone can go to a movie website and read what a movie is about, story wise, the use of a review is really to explain your personal thoughts and opinions about it, so you need to add more of that to your review, if you want to get higher ratings... I hope this doesn't sound too harsh, I don't mean to be, just offering a little bit of advice. Perhaps try looking at other peoples film reviews to get some ideas of what you could add to yours... like thereddragon, feel free to let me know if you do edit your review and I'll gladly re-read and re-rate it
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Dec 23rd, 2008
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