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Donald Petrie's political comedy is spot-on for me, i mean its not an amazing social commentary or anything, but it provides some good laughs, good performances, decent story and plot. I liked Schulman's wit some of the dialogues were pretty funny and Petrie's direction suited the comedic manner in which this film was intended for. Hackman was very good while Romano was not bad either much better here than Grilled, meanwhile Marcia Gay Harden, Fred Savage and Rip Torn were also pretty good. Overall a decent comedy, solid film, no complaints here, should have a higher overall IMDb rating in my opinion.-- IMDb rating: 5.3, my rating: 8/10

This film, was by no means, good. but it wasn't that bad to be honest.There were many comical elements, and a lot of them were intentional.Ray Romano was very good, and his character was quite likable, but at the same time a complete jax.There wasn't really anything that stood out in this film, as "poor". The acting was reasonably good, the cinematography was OK, the storyline was a bit far fetched, and very predictable. But apart from that, and a few cheesy moments, this wasn't too bad.I was expecting to enjoy this film, because of it's lesser qualities, however, i found a lot more.Give it a try, it's not as bad as it looks.

It was a flat, generic type comedy, and frankly Ray Ramono isn't up to par as a movie star, small and big screen presence just isn't the same, however Gene Hackman could play this same role a million times, its a natural fit for him. But that aside, if you take this for what it was meant to be and don't over analyze a slight romantic comedy, its was fine enough. People's expectations are way over the top at times, stop comparing this to your top ten movies of all time, its was generally entertaining with some nice moments.Its worth a re-watch.