Swing Vote (Blu-ray) PG-13
One ordinary guy is giving the candidates a reason to run.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 2 hours, 1 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: 2020
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Mill Creek Entertainment
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Kevin Costner | |
Performer: | Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez, Madeline Carroll, Judge Reinhold, Willie Nelson, Mare Winningham & Richard Petty | |
Directed by | Joshua Michael Stern | |
Edited by | Jeff McEvoy | |
Screenwriting by | Joshua Michael Stern & Jason Richman | |
Composition by | John Debney | |
Produced by | Jim Wilson & Kevin Costner | |
Director of Photography: | Shane Hurlbut | |
Executive Production by | Robin Jonas, Ted Field, Terry Dougas & Paris Kasidokostas Latsis |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/5 --
But away from the cutesy stuff there are some surprisingly sharp digs at the political process.
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Guardian
It's impossible to resist such a massive onslaught of resources, music, and transparent narrative shortcuts meant to persuade you to exercise your right to vote.
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The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
What keeps Swing Vote from being good isn't politics, it's lazy plot devices.
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WORLD
Rating: 3/4 --
People like to make fun of Kevin Costner, and sometimes he deserves it. But when he gets his laid-back, rascally mojo going, he can become a most agreeable screen companion for a couple of hours
Florida Times-Union
Rating: 2/5 --
What starts out as a hokey satire on electioneering and spin becomes a hokey lesson on civic responsibility, with a catch in the throat and a tear in the eye. Try to suppress the curl in your lip.
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Independent (UK)
Hayseed nonsense, folksily scripted. Whenever it becomes too much - or too little - close your eyes and think of Frank Capra.
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Financial Times
Rating: 3/5 --
The film varies between ironic cynicism about the political process and overt whimsy and sentimentality.
London Evening Standard
Product Description:
Writer/director Joshua Michael Stern (NEVERWAS) tackles American politics in his second feature film. Bud Johnson (Kevin Costner) is just your below-average Joe. He works in an egg factory, likes to knock back a few too many beers, and is a single parent to 12-year old Molly (Madeline Carroll), a bright spitfire who does her best to keep her dad on the straight and narrow. Patriotic Molly insists that apathetic Bud do his civic duty and vote in the upcoming presidential election, a tight race between Republican incumbent Andrew Boone (Kelsey Grammer) and Democratic candidate Donald Greenleaf (Dennis Hopper). Soon the media and both candidates descend upon Bud's hometown of Texico, New Mexico, when it's determined that his vote wasn't counted and will decide the outcome of the entire presidential election. Now that Bud is a "somebody"--there's even a "Bud Cam" capturing his every move--will he be swayed by visits to Air Force One and the "Bud Ball" held in his honor, or will he be the voice of the American people and vote for the better candidate'
The lengths the candidates go to in order to win Bud's vote are high points of the film, as they find themselves supporting initiatives that are completely opposed to their platforms at the urging of their campaign managers, played by Stanley Tucci and Nathan Lane. Grammer is well cast as Boone, and it's a hoot to see counterculture icon Hopper in this light. Costner makes Bud likable despite the loser stereotype he personifies. But this film belongs to Carroll, a lovely young actress who can steal a scene with one look. If nothing else, SWING VOTE is a reminder that even though politics may be a game, every single vote really does count.
The lengths the candidates go to in order to win Bud's vote are high points of the film, as they find themselves supporting initiatives that are completely opposed to their platforms at the urging of their campaign managers, played by Stanley Tucci and Nathan Lane. Grammer is well cast as Boone, and it's a hoot to see counterculture icon Hopper in this light. Costner makes Bud likable despite the loser stereotype he personifies. But this film belongs to Carroll, a lovely young actress who can steal a scene with one look. If nothing else, SWING VOTE is a reminder that even though politics may be a game, every single vote really does count.