Man of the Year (Widescreen Edition)

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The BASIC premise of this movie was interesting, and the story is mildly entertaining, but any high school student with programming experience could tell you that the reason behind the computer glitch is too lame to give any credibility. A college student with a couple of computer programming courses could design a more plausible excuse for a glitch.

Jeff Goldblum is devilishly evil and actually made me proud (I am not a fan of his generally). Linney on the other hand is given a much more complex character to embody and so her performance elevates her section of the film. In the end I must say that I was a little put off with this film, as a comedy, but as a dramatic thriller I was actually quite impressed.

As a comedy the film does not work as well as it does as a drama. The film tells the story of comedian Tom Dobbs (a comedian in the line of Jon Stewart) who on a whim places himself in the running for the presidency and, surprisingly, wins. After his win he has to adjust to his new role as head of the country while Eleanor Green, a former employee of the company manufacturing the new balloting devices, chases him around trying to inform him that he is not really the president. I would watch it again, and enjoy it again, so feel free to watch and enjoy for yourself. The problem is that Williams is not really funny here, while Linney is superbly dramatic in her role. The two don't mesh together as well as they should have (mostly because the comedic portions of the film aren't really all that funny) but in the end we are left with a film that is entertaining and is satisfying and is definitely unexpected (who would have ever guessed it would work as a thriller as apposed to a comedy). Christopher Walken and Lewis Black steal most of Williams' thunder, which is sad because this film would seem like the perfect vehicle for the comedic talents of Williams.

Williams appears to be restrained by the material, never given a chance to really break away from his controlled persona and unleash the comedic genius we love to embrace. The plot line involving Eleanor as she hides out from her former bosses who want to silence her for fear of profit losses on account of their error is far more riveting than the plot involving Dobbs and his presidency. President; the other is a drama about a woman who stumbles across a glitch in a balloting service that ultimately elects the wrong president. The end result is an entertaining film that doesn't quite reach its full potential.

He just appears dull most of the time. But this movie belongs to Linney, for she is really the greatest thing about it. The two work well in moments, and yet restrict each other in moments. `Man of the Year' is essentially two different films, one is a comedy about a comedian who is surprisingly elected as our next U.S. When she shares the screen with Williams he seems to feed off of her energy and thus his performance shines brighter.

Eleanor Green gives you a bit of suspense while watching her being chased. Soon he learns that a new voting system that was implemented had an error. Eleanor Green, a creator of the new system, soon finds herself in tremendous trouble while trying to explain the error to Dobbs. The movie is a weird mix of comedy and a bit of thriller. Tom Dobbs ends up winning the Presidential Election by using his radical personality to win people over.

He did not actually win the Presidential Election.

Oddly enough, Tom Dobbs soon finds himself is the role of candidate for presidency largely due to his fans enjoying his comments about politics.

I think the two parts mix together and give you a very entertaining movie.

Robin Williams plays Tom Dobbs, a comedian who loves to make jokes about politics.

If you are tired of slapstick humor and want something intelligent, check this on out.

Any point with Robin Williams leads to some good comedy and a ton of political jokes.

With Happy Madison pulling a ton of random movies that generally have the same characters in them, it's nice to have a comedy movie that isn't a bunch of slapstick humor.

Man of the Year.

She is often attacked and nearly killed.

I hasn't be disapointed in fact I was entertained and although it is a comedy opened my eyes on the political system. Your rich you can be president your poor forget it. To show a comedian running for presidency is good. Robbin Williams is at is best. I loved this movie for once Hollywood dared to show how is the real political system. This movie as a message to give and I heard it and I hope you have.

Of course, as the moneyed interest man Bush was the '04 "winner," the corporate media let it slide. Well, they sure know how to read a script. Despite Mr. Yet the official vote count went to George W. It does not deal with computerized voting's greater problems: Vote-rigging and the interest conflicts of companies with ties to the Republican Party obtaining voting system contracts. host debating the Democratic and Republican candidates on television.

Bush's drinking and drugging problems. MAN OF THE YEAR addresses computerized voting, depicting the election that awards the White House to the talk show host as a programming malfunction. MAN OF THE YEAR depicts the T.V. MAN OF THE YEAR does not attend to the questions the corporate media would have raised with a populist candidate defying exit polls. Moneyed interests sycophants dominate T.V. Even more noteworthy than Robin Williams is Jeff Goldblum as the computerized voting firm's executive goon. It is hard to believe that the presidential debates, which the Republican and Democratic parties have controlled since 1996, would allow another person to participate. Goldblum's familiar soft-spoken presence, he projects a frightening level of menace that makes MAN OF THE YEAR worth viewing even if there were nothing else good about the film.

Bush. In 2004, historically flawless exit polls predicted John Kerry winning the presidential election. The actor's superb, often funny performance commands attention, carrying the film despite its plot devices too weak for the viewer to suspend disbelief. discourse, as the objectives of media owners such as General Electric (NBC) and Viacom (CBS) oppose what's best for the people. Regarding the subjects of marital infidelity and drug abuse, MAN OF THE YEAR includes jokes referring to Bill Clinton's fling but offers no wisecracks about George W.

Corporate media buffoons such as Chris Matthews play themselves in MAN OF THE YEAR. Today's corporation-dominated media would make it difficult for a pro-working class host such as the MAN OF THE YEAR character Williams portrays to even get a shot on television. Robin Williams plays a populist television host who runs for president in the 2006 Barry Levinson film MAN OF THE YEAR. (See the Mark Crispin Miller book FOOLED AGAIN for more information about the corrupt 2004 presidential vote count).