This movie is perfection from start to finish. Michael Douglas and Annette Bening have real chemistry. The writing is sharp and clever, the plot is original and moves along at a fast clip. It's funny, romantic without being schmaltzy, and shows how politics works sometimes behind the scenes.
Love love love this movie.
i'm with you, bpollen...the leads are likable, the supporting class is great, and the presidential speech never fails to give me goosebumps, and a lump in my throat.
shareLovely dialogue, I often just play the movie in the background while I work. It's so hard to do romance, much less romantic comedy, and the American President was brilliant on all fronts.
Thank goodness the powers that be saw and seized the opportunity of this setting for the West Wing :)
Light entertainment, a watered-down feelgood movie. No real bite or edge to the thing, even if some stuff going on in the power corridors kind of rings true. 6/10.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
Me too. I really live this movie. Great cast and the movie is fun!
shareVery good movie. Charming in an era when charming is hard to find.
Probably in my top 30, but it is the movie that made me like Michael Douglas.
I hadn't watch it in a long time, until last week. And when I first watched it, I didn't really care for it (thought it was a little too earnest, and demonized the conservative viewpoint too much (I say this as a proud liberal)). But upon rewatching it I'm really impressed with how good the screenplay is, and I LOVE how smart Sydney is. Anytime she struts her stuff, even in throwaway remarks like when she explains C-STAD to Lucy, I just love it. And the backstage view of politics, the sausage-making process, is great as well. I'm very surprised this didn't get a Best Screenplay Oscar nomination.
shareI'm with you all -- I just love this movie. and every time I surf (or search) and see that it's on I either drop everything and watch it, or record it for later. I have so much of it memorized -- and it still never ceases to thrill me -- from that first moment they interact -- to that first precious kiss in the "dish room" to the "It turns out I've got a rose garden."
OMG. Just a perfect movie.
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There's no place like home.
I agree.
Beauty is the means which we use to measure our own vanity.
I liked the movie but I thought the sub plot about the republicans was simplistic and knocked it down a peg. It not only presents their point of view in the worst possible way but also shows they have disagreeable personalities ( the Dreyfus character). It would have been better to either present the pros and cons fairly or stay out of politics altogether and find another plot gimmick
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