PartialMovieViewer Review of Commander in Chief

Commander in Chief (2005–2006)

Not Bad, Not Good It Does Improve - But Happens Too Late

[7/10 · 26 February 2017]

Political dramas, for the most part, are boring. When PC is offensively overshadowing a good story, you can count on that program tanking. Happily, this show is not as bad as the more recent fiascoes, at least Geena Davis is not clad in leotards, colorful super-cape and she has real acting chops. I guess the directing is just as good (maybe better because of later episodes) as any other show on TV. The writing begins slow in order to emphasize (and re-emphasize) this victim's tale (too bad - that just isn't needed.) I will say the show really started getting interesting later-on in the saga's progress, but I think it might have been to late to resuscitate this suffering drama. That is too bad, since I really started to like this, "Command in Chief." I think the stopped might have been dealing with all that 'Poor Me - I'm a Victim Garbage.' The cast grew on me and I began to like them all. I guess the bad had to be weeded out. It was also nice to see Geena Davis finally stop chewing on her cheeks when she was trying to be really, really, really serious - I guess she had to get comfortable in the roll). Donald Sutherland is excellent - being the deviously evil Speaker of the House. All in all, this is a show should have gotten a little more time. The potential was there - it just showed up too late in the progress of the program. It is worth a watch.