MAN OF YEAR
Added 5/8/2009
WISH IT WERE TRUE - WE NEED A GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE
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Makes You Wonder if Politics Ever Changes - Maybe Just the Players
Added 4/29/2009
Robin Williams plays a television comedian who talks about politics on his show. He is so popular that over 8,000,000 who watch his show write in and encourage him to run for president. He does and wins.
This movie has an all star cast, including Jeff Goldblum and Christoper Walken.
What I liked about this movie is that it's relevant to current politics. It points out, in a very funny way, the fact that no matter who is in office, it always seems like business as usual. Nothing ever changes no matter who gets elected.
This movie is so incredibly funny. Williams, with his unique way of making any topic funny, really tells it like it is with the political landscape. You get to laugh a lot during this movie. There are so many "you're so right, I know what you mean" moments.
If you're sick of politics as usual and need a good laugh, I promise you will enjoy this movie. It really is that good.
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2 stars out of 4
Added 1/25/2009
The Bottom Line:
With its comedy largely recycled from Robin Williams' standup gigs and its plot a hideous amalgam of thriller, comedy, and message picture (not to mention advertisement for Saturday Night Live), Man of the Year is one of the last movies anyone should add to their lists.
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man of the year
Added 12/18/2008
Before purchasing MAN OF THE YEAR from amazon I already had a copy.The reason I made the additional purchase was to give as a gift to my mother,as I found the movie to be very entertaining It has the humor for which Robin Williams is known,with the added satyr towards politics and an outlook of what I agree to be our present state of government.I would recommend this movie to anyone regardless of their political views(it might even open a few eyeballs with its content)I hope others take the time to watch and enjoy the laughter.
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entertaining and thought-provoking
Added 11/22/2008
Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams) is a political comedian. Think Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert. Christopher Walken plays his manager. One night on his show, someone asks him why he doesn't run for President, and the ball starts rolling. At first, it's just a lark, a publicity stunt, but it becomes more real when he debates the regular candidates. And even more real when he wins.
Or is it? Laura Linney plays a woman who works for the company who devised the computer voting system, and she's discovered a glitch. She tells the head of the company (Jeff Goldblum), and receives the equivalent of a "don't worry your pretty little head about it." She thinks the problem's been fixed, but when she sees the election results, she knows it hasn't been.
And then the story becomes serious, as the company tries to shut her up using whatever means is necessary, and all those in power are more concerned with perceptions than reality. As long as Tom Dobbs looks like the legally elected President, that's more important than whether or not he actually is.
I truly do not think that the movie changed directions--it's more that the viewers' expectations did. Which is, I think, the fault of the marketing department.
Given the way the story is set up in the first half, there's no other way it could have played out in the second. The computer company's willingness to overlook the problem and the huge amount of money riding on the program was introduced early on. There's no way you can make that funny, and no way you can resolve it in an amusing way without being unbelievable.
And much as the ending pained me, there was no way it could have ended differently, either. The ending message is that maybe the crisis would prompt politicians to act differently in the future, but, call me a cynic, I wouldn't count on it.
I think (hope) it made people uncomfortable to think that people in positions of power really can be that ruthless. Hopefully, after they've vented about movies that "aren't really comedies," a little spark will linger in the backs of their heads.
My biggest pet peeve: the "problem" with the software. I'm not even going to spoiler it, because it's really, really stupid, and it's not much of a revelation, anyway: the program had a glitch that made it automatically select a name with double letters in it as the winner. It would have been much better to leave the actual glitch vague than to come up with something that idiotic.
If you're a programmer, and that seems logical to you, please let me know. I'll feel so much better about it.
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MAN OF YEAR
Added 5/8/2009
WISH IT WERE TRUE - WE NEED A GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE
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Makes You Wonder if Politics Ever Changes - Maybe Just the Players
Added 4/29/2009
Robin Williams plays a television comedian who talks about politics on his show. He is so popular that over 8,000,000 who watch his show write in and encourage him to run for president. He does and wins.
This movie has an all star cast, including Jeff Goldblum and Christoper Walken.
What I liked about this movie is that it's relevant to current politics. It points out, in a very funny way, the fact that no matter who is in office, it always seems like business as usual. Nothing ever changes no matter who gets elected.
This movie is so incredibly funny. Williams, with his unique way of making any topic funny, really tells it like it is with the political landscape. You get to laugh a lot during this movie. There are so many "you're so right, I know what you mean" moments.
If you're sick of politics as usual and need a good laugh, I promise you will enjoy this movie. It really is that good.
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2 stars out of 4
Added 1/25/2009
The Bottom Line:
With its comedy largely recycled from Robin Williams' standup gigs and its plot a hideous amalgam of thriller, comedy, and message picture (not to mention advertisement for Saturday Night Live), Man of the Year is one of the last movies anyone should add to their lists.
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