Man of the Year (2006)

Tom Dobbs is the host of a political comedy show when one day he jokingly says he should run for president, while on air. The press takes his statement and runs with it and soon the country is looking forward to the comedian's Presidential Campaign. When Dobbs surprisingly wins the election by a landslide it leads to fun and an united country but then inevitably an out of control scandal surfaces.

Starring:
Robin Williams, Laura Linney, Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum, Lewis Black

Genres: Comedy
Running Time: 1 hr. 55 min.
Release Dates: October 13th, 2006 (wide) & February 20, 2007 (DVD)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language including some crude sexual references, drug related material, and brief violence.

My Rating: 2 Stars
This was definitely an original movie, it's not an overplayed plot. It took a long time to get into it and even then it wasn't that great. It had several huge stars in it and frankly I expected better. I did laugh several times but mostly at Williams one-liners and less at the story.

Who would I recommend it to? Nobody really. I think the younger generation will find it a bore but perhaps older generations would enjoy it. If you do decide to rent it I wouldn't watch it with children due to many adult rated jokes.

Would I rent this again? No way, I had a hard enough time getting thru it the first time.