Swing Vote (2008 film)
- Kevin Costner: Bud Johnson
- Madeline Carroll: Molly Johnson
- Paula Patton: Kate Madison
- Kelsey Grammer: President Andrew Boone
- Dennis Hopper: Donald Greenleaf
- Nathan Lane: Art Crumb
- Stanley Tucci: Martin Fox
- George Lopez: John Sweeney
- Judge Reinhold: Walter
- Charles Esten: Lewis
- Mare Winningham: Larissa Johnson
Swing Vote, and Swing Vote. - The best choice is an American comedy film from 2008 directed by Joshua Michael Stern, who also wrote the screenplay with Jason Richman. The film was released in German trading on DVD and Blu -ray.
Action
Bud Johnson is considered to be not very successful, but he is in the place very popular and a good-hearted man. Unfortunately, he gets drunk almost every day and do not really know to do something with his life, but he would have to actually Molly, his 12 - year-old daughter take care of. Instead, she keeps house for him, and she is also a very independent girl. She begs him to reconsider his attitude to life again.
During the election of the President of the United States, there is a unique stalemate between the Republican incumbent Andrew Boone and his Democratic challenger Donald Greenleaf. In this situation, not voter Johnson is crucial, what arouses the interest of the media. In truth, his daughter Molly tried to vote for him, but what went wrong due to a technical glitch and is not known.
Johnson takes part in political debates and interviews in which he represents viewpoints that assume the parties immediately to get his voice - among other things, support the Republicans suddenly same-sex marriage or protection of the environment, while the Democrats campaigning against abortion because Bud had spoken out in an interview "for life ". All this causes a hopeless confusion. At the end he gives his vote; However, it remains open for which candidate he has finally decided.
Reviews
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews, the film connect mild satire with a melodrama in the Capra style - what a "surprisingly well-functioning formula 'gives. He avoided sermons as well as the espousal of one of the two parties. Kevin Costner was really busy ( " Kevin Costner is at home as the irascible Bud " ), but Madeline Carroll and Paula Patton would steal several scenes. Kelsey Grammer and Dennis Hopper offer for those roles needed charisma.
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times on July 31, 2008, the film was a " brilliant comedy with meaningful undertones ". He was " surprisingly realistic " in portraying the media people. The whole cast is strong; Ebert liked especially the portrayal of Stanley Tucci in the role of campaign manager.
Background
The film was shot in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and in some other places in New Mexico. He came on 1 August 2008 in the cinemas of the USA, where he played an about 16.3 million U.S. dollars.
The director Joshua Michael Stern continues in the film with the question of what it could have implications for when really count every single vote. In the film the most powerful men in the country vie for a man's voice, which they would otherwise never pay attention to and know how to deal with world politics much.