Directed by:
Barry LevinsonScreenplay:
Barry LevinsonCinematography:
Dick PopeComposer:
Graeme RevellCast:
Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Jeff Goldblum, David Alpay, Tina Fey, David Ferry, Sasha Roiz, Kim Roberts, James Carville, Shawn Roberts (more)Plots(1)
Williams stars as Tom Dobbs, the host of a comedy talk show who, fed up with the political system, suddenly decides to run for president. So off he goes on a national bus tour, joined by his manager, Jack Menken (Christopher Walken), and his head writer, Eddie Langston (Lewis Black), bringing his message of change to an eager public. Meanwhile, Eleanor Green (Laura Linney), who works for Delacroy, the company that has developed the voting machines being used by the government, discovers a serious glitch in the program that alters the results of the election. She tries to tell the company's CEO (Rick Roberts) and chief counsel/spokesman (Jeff Goldblum), but they want everything hushed up so their stock prices aren't affected and their upcoming international deal goes through. Unable to hold back the truth, Green looks to Dobbs for help while being hunted down by Delacroy. (official distributor synopsis)
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Robin Williams is absolutely brilliant in this film, and it also addresses quite an interesting and serious topic. I have to say I had a pretty good time with it. The way the ending was presented might be excessively moralistic, but I think it's quite unfortunate that this film stumbled overall. It's not a brilliant work, but some of the ideas presented here are worthwhile. It's a bit sad that what stands out the most here are Robin Williams' stand-up routines, which are indeed great. Isn't that the second time I've said that? Indeed it is.
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