If your perfect weekend is Nascar and country music, with barely any political discussion, then this is your cup of tea ... I mean bottle of beer.
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08/27/08
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Swing Vote (2008)
39 %
Reviews Counted: 112 Fresh: 44 Rotten:68 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Consensus:
Despite Kevin Costner providing his most charismatic performance in years, Swing Vote fails to find the right mix of political satire and heartfelt drama.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 2 hrs
Theatrical Release: Aug 1, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $15,749,276
Synopsis: Writer/director Joshua Michael Stern (NEVERWAS) tackles American politics in his second feature film. Bud Johnson (Kevin Costner) is just your below-average Joe. He works in an egg factory, likes to knock back a few too many beers, and is a single parent to 12-year old Molly (Madeline... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Screenwriter: Joshua Michael Stern, Jason Richman
Producer: Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner
Composer: John Debney
Screenwriter: Joshua Michael Stern, Jason Richman
Producer: Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner
Composer: John Debney
Reviews
Although it preaches political engagement, it hopes very much to have an audience full of Buds who won't mind when it ambles lazily into the closing credits having taken a stand for nothing whatsoever.
08/12/08
A rocky start aside, this blend of timely political satire and father/daughter heart warmer offers enough truth about media manipulation and voter pandering to win over an undemanding audience.
08/11/08
Unlikely premise, yet script offers dialogue, heart-tugs, actual intelligent thought and a fair and necessary reflection on the State elections in the Union. A pleasant film.
08/11/08
In its relentless sermonizing about voting, the movie treats the audience like we're Bud Johnson--who the movie also calls a 'dumbass.'
08/06/08
The toothlessness of this purported political satire is such that it would have a hard time chewing its way through a bowl of Cream of Wheat.
08/06/08
A surprisingly funny and astute satire of the two-party political system.
08/05/08
Goofball Bud Johnson is such a funny, undemanding guy and his daughter such a pre-teen chip of gold, whatever ticket they're running on... I swing their way.
08/04/08
Not a bad movie, probably OK to rent on DVD, but I’m saying don’t rush to the theaters.
08/04/08
Top Critic
It's funny, sad, involving, and very well made. This is one of the big surprises of the summer.
08/04/08
One of the most idiotic movies about the American political process ever made.
08/03/08
This is one film that Larry the Cable Guy could have improved in the leading role.
08/03/08
If Barry Levinson's Wag the Dog serves as the gold standard for political satire, then Swing Vote has got a bad case of fleas.
08/03/08
A usually reliable indicator of a bad movie is this: It contains the credit 'Larry King as himself.'
08/03/08
This gentle, philosophical movie gets my vote for an entertaining pre-election thought-provoker.
08/03/08
With Costner's yokel having a decided preference for being handed a beer rather than a ballot, he does a pretty darn good job of exposing the phony platitudes and pandering of candidates, in a movie about bad news politicians and even badder parenting.
08/03/08
The political satire is nice (but perhaps too gentle) and the family drama is touching, but the two elements don't necessarily mesh well within the same film.
08/02/08
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