Long Shot * * *
There is a politeness here that should be jettisoned, or there is a vulgarity here that sits incongruously.
It's too crude to be a rom-com and too sooky to be a good hard-edge comedy.
The comedic element of the President as an ex-TV Actor wanting to get out of being the President because he's had movie offers, that's good! But when it came to the Secretary of State - Charlize Theron as co-lead - we are asked to take her and her character as though she could be real.
She's far too young and beautiful and cares about the environment too much for such a position, but we're supposed to go with it (why didn't they make a mockery of the impossibility of her position?)
She meets a hard-bitten left leaning journo. His name is Fred. She decides she wants him on her speech writing team. From there things develop in an obvious way with them flirting, arguing,
flirting again, agreeing this won't work, ignoring their own advice etc. And then the climax (two meanings here) which leaves them in an embarrassing position, which can only be overcome through their public declaration of love. Should they? Shouldn't they? You know how it goes.
Her best scenes are when she is being a goof - like being off her face on drugs as she tries to negotiate a hostage situation.
Also I laughed out loud at the PM of Canada being a total sleaze as he slurps on his oysters.
I also liked Fred's best friend coming out as a Christian and a Republican, turning stereotypes upside down.
In the end the premise is good - that we all do things we would rather keep private even though it's something that everyone else does anyway - but the journey is rather forgettable.
It's too crude to be a rom-com and too sooky to be a good hard-edge comedy.
The comedic element of the President as an ex-TV Actor wanting to get out of being the President because he's had movie offers, that's good! But when it came to the Secretary of State - Charlize Theron as co-lead - we are asked to take her and her character as though she could be real.
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She meets a hard-bitten left leaning journo. His name is Fred. She decides she wants him on her speech writing team. From there things develop in an obvious way with them flirting, arguing,
flirting again, agreeing this won't work, ignoring their own advice etc. And then the climax (two meanings here) which leaves them in an embarrassing position, which can only be overcome through their public declaration of love. Should they? Shouldn't they? You know how it goes.
Her best scenes are when she is being a goof - like being off her face on drugs as she tries to negotiate a hostage situation.
Also I laughed out loud at the PM of Canada being a total sleaze as he slurps on his oysters.
I also liked Fred's best friend coming out as a Christian and a Republican, turning stereotypes upside down.
In the end the premise is good - that we all do things we would rather keep private even though it's something that everyone else does anyway - but the journey is rather forgettable.
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