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Swing State

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DJ Ethan Smith (Alex Beh), host of a Seattle-based public music radio program, takes over a Conservative talk show and creates a fictional Republican persona, Charles Fern. When his fictional persona is a huge hit with listeners, he continues the ruse and becomes nationally famous, while in his personal life he experiences a series of misadventures.
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Simi Horwitz Film Journal International 01/12/2017
Swing State generally scores, and if it's any indication, Sheldon's next film should prove winning. Go to Full Review Daniel M. Kimmel North Shore Movies 12/08/2016
2.5/5
Swing State goes for light and broad comedy, while mocking both sides. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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06/11/2017 "Swing State" is political comedy for those who don't want to be challenged or upset, but only want a chance to laugh at the foolishness too often on display in the real world. It's not the fimmaker's fault if reality has turned out to be even more bizarre than he could have possibly imagined. See more 02/17/2017 This is a dumb idea poorly executed. The worst writing of any film I have seen in the last year at least. The dialogue is stupid. The acting is pathetic. Beh looks like a fool. The movie is sexist and instead of being satirical is really just bad. The director could not save the terrible writing. Taryn Manning should pretend she never did this film. See more 02/16/2017 What happened to these actors? Why? This is an awful movie. Everything about it is really bad. The writing, acting and directing are shameful. See more 01/28/2017 What an obvious and played narrative. Not even famous actors could save this mess of a script from crashing and burning. See more 01/26/2017 Been meaning to write this review. I saw this at a joke of a "film festival" and this movie was the worst movie I have ever seen. The dialogue is awful. The directing made the whole thing worse. It's really a catastrophe of a movie. Who would invest in this movie or distribute it? It's just dumb. See more 01/25/2017 We saw this movie on a whim because of some of the actors. This movie is a disgusting affirmation that the liberal left is out of touch, patronizing and disgustingly self-congratulatory. The writing is atrocious. The directing is ridiculous and the acting is sad. See more Read all reviews
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Jonathan Sheldon

Director

Alex Beh

Ethan Smith

Taryn Manning

Adrienne Lockhart

Shane Black

Luke

Billy Zane

Governor Richard Sollow

Sean Astin

Bob Bernard

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Synopsis DJ Ethan Smith (Alex Beh), host of a Seattle-based public music radio program, takes over a Conservative talk show and creates a fictional Republican persona, Charles Fern. When his fictional persona is a huge hit with listeners, he continues the ruse and becomes nationally famous, while in his personal life he experiences a series of misadventures.
Director
Jonathan Sheldon
Producer
Diego Espana, Brian Finn, Dillon Jordan, Kenneth Prieto, Jonathan Sheldon
Screenwriter
Jonathan Sheldon
Distributor
Swing State Film Productions
Production Co
Circle 4 Entertainment
Rating
R (Language|Some Drug Use|Sexual References)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 1, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 1, 2016
Runtime
1h 35m
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