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"The American President"

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In this passable Rob Reiner comedy, widower President Michael Douglas
woos high powered D.C. newcomer lobbyist Annette Benning during a re-election campaign, with slipping poll numbers as a result. David Paymer, Martin Sheen, and Michael J. Fox are presidential staff members (ovbiously in training for roles in "Nixon" and "The West Wing") and Richard Dreyfus is a senator running against Douglas who exploits the romance for political gain. Predictable with a heavy dose of left wing leanings (no surprise there) toward the end but enjoyable with some funny lines. Benning is as sexy and gorgeous as ever.

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That's a pretty good film...the other "Presidential" film I like is "Dave" by Ivan Reitman... - TWB 15:49:43 06/17/04 (2)
Story centers around a conservative President (Kevin Kline) whose marriage is a cold political one(wife is played by Sigourney Weaver)..the Prez. suffers a stroke and the government brings in a look-alike replacement (Kline) while they figure out what to do about the incapacitated leader. The public responds well to the "new" leader as he introduces more liberal ideas...(I keep wishing that art would imitate life there!) Anyway, it's enjoyable and Kline and Weaver are very good...
- Re: That's a pretty good film...the other "Presidential" film I like is "Dave" by Ivan Reitman... - rico 17:37:03 06/17/04 (1)
  Yes, I have "Dave" and enjoy it. I don't think it is as polished and accomplished a film as "The American President", however.
  - It's not by Rob Reiner who in my opinion is one of the best...Reitman aspires to Reiner's talent....(nt) - TWB 17:57:03 06/17/04 (0)
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Re: Left wing leaning? So it must not be the same film.....nt - patrickU 10:02:12 06/17/04 (6)
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- Re: Left wing leaning? So it must not be the same film.....nt - rico 11:35:17 06/17/04 (5)
  the same film as what?
  - Re: Left wing leaning? So it must not be the same film.....nt - patrickU 11:54:26 06/17/04 (4)
    As I saw.
    - Re: Left wing leaning? So it must not be the same film.....nt - rico 13:04:43 06/17/04 (3)
      I don't think one could objectively call Douglas's speech at his news conference a right wing point of view, do you?
      - Re: Left wing leaning? So it must not be the same film.....nt - patrickU 13:52:50 06/17/04 (2)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Left wing leaning? So it must not be the same film.....nt posted by rico on June 17, 2004 at 13:04:43:
        
        But a left wing...I mean all is relative...You would not want to find it revolutionary, is it not...
        
        Re: Left wing leaning? So it must not be the same film.....nt - rico 17:40:56 06/17/04 (1)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Left wing leaning? So it must not be the same film.....nt posted by patrickU on June 17, 2004 at 13:52:50:
        
        That is precisely why I used the qualifier "leaning". It is, like many Hollywood films today, centrist, but also like many it l-e-a-n-s to the left.- No big deal for me. I do like the movie.
        
        Re: Left wing leaning? So it must not be the same film.....nt - patrickU 02:05:29 06/18/04 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Left wing leaning? So it must not be the same film.....nt posted by rico on June 17, 2004 at 17:40:56:
        
        Speaking of " left wing leaning " for this film was more I could bear...He he...
        By the way, I don�t hate it either.

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