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Release Date:
1 August 2008 (USA) moreTagline:
One ordinary guy is giving the candidates a reason to run.Plot:
In a remarkable turn-of-events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(89 articles)
Another Young Australian Ready To Take Over The World (From Cinema Blend. 8 June 2009, 8:18 AM, PDT)
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Inspired. So glad I went. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kevin Costner | ... | Bud Johnson | |
| Madeline Carroll | ... | Molly Johnson | |
| Paula Patton | ... | Kate Madison | |
| Kelsey Grammer | ... | President Andrew Boone | |
| Dennis Hopper | ... | Donald Greenleaf | |
| Nathan Lane | ... | Art Crumb | |
| Stanley Tucci | ... | Martin Fox | |
| George Lopez | ... | John Sweeney | |
| Judge Reinhold | ... | Walter | |
| Charles Esten | ... | Lewis | |
| Richard Petty | ... | Himself | |
| Willie Nelson | ... | Himself | |
| Mare Winningham | ... | Larissa Johnson | |
| Mark Moses | ... | Attorney General Wyatt | |
| Nana Visitor | ... | Galena Greenleaf |
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Rated PG-13 for language.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
120 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
UK:12A | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Ireland:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44167) | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-3 | Argentina:13 | Mexico:AFun Stuff
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Kate watches video, including the surreptitiously-recorded video of Molly, on a Chyron Duet, a broadcast graphics machine. It can use video files, but it's generally not used for viewing video. moreGoofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Bud wonders why so many people are outside his trailer, he tells Molly to turn on the TV. The screen shows Fox News Channel, but the TV has rabbit ears. Satellite TV subscribers sometimes need an antenna to view local channels. moreQuotes:
Molly Johnson: Maybe I should tell them the truth.Bud Johnson: What're you talking about? Tell them what?
Molly Johnson: That *I* was going to be the one to cast the vote.
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I expected little after the lukewarm critical response. The film is not a scathing satire of right-wing hypocrisy. But it is inspired. And rare for this genre, balanced. It's target is voter complacency and the winning-is-everything bloodsport of the presidential race. Believe it or not the film makes a good case for voting as a moral choice, a choice we should take seriously. Not the stuff of Hollywood hilarity for sure. Yet it is well-acted, charming and original. Hard to guess where the story is going. Great laughs are better for being unexpected.
Liberal-leaning viewers and critics may have been disappointed based on a trailer showing Dennis Hopper as a rapid pro-life candidate. The story here is about voters. And how far our major political parties are willing to go to court the swing vote. The genius of this film is that it takes targeted campaigning to its logical conclusion. This is the stuff professional persuaders are more and more paid to do.
Not perfectly executed, but an inspired premise with better than expected follow-though. A treat. So glad I went.
P.S. full disclosure, I am a very liberal Democrat.