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Very hard movie to rate because comedy is so subjective but I laughed my ass off dispite a few reservations about stereotypes which is the only reason I took 1/2 star off but I am going to buy the DVD !!!
Released in 2003 it runs a too short 95 minutes and it is now even funnier because there is Obama in office.See this movie is about the campaign leading to the election of the first "black"president with prophetic remarks referring to Oprah and her wealth as well as being half white which fit with the Obama presidency today.Chris Rock as the candidate Mays Gilliam is the whole picture.A great supporting cast but only Rock could pull this off.There are lines like"that shit ain't right"and "God bless american and no one else"you have to love.The way Rock is treated is sort of the way Obama is treated although in very different ways and the movie is way over the top and not as focused as the republicans are today against Obama.I loved it!!Trailer URL follows the pix and a IMDB summary below.GREAT music score as well.Hell of a fund raiser dance scene in the movie.
Mays Gilliam, a Washington D.C. neighborhood Alderman, is about to be red-lined out of his job. But after the untimely death of the party frontrunner, Gilliam is plucked from obscurity, and thrust into the limelight as his party's nominee--for President of the United States. The players in Gilliam's life include: Mitch Gilliam, his unsophisticated older brother who becomes his running mate; Kim, his ex-girlfriend who had once dumped him, but who now has a sudden change of heart as she sees a chance at becoming First Lady; Martin Geller, his campaign manager; Lisa Clark, the woman who truly believes in Gilliam; and Debra Lassiter, the woman who doesn't have faith in his candidacy, and is serving as his reluctant advisor. Written by Sujit R. Varma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkYK3nsyKGY
Released in 2003 it runs a too short 95 minutes and it is now even funnier because there is Obama in office.See this movie is about the campaign leading to the election of the first "black"president with prophetic remarks referring to Oprah and her wealth as well as being half white which fit with the Obama presidency today.Chris Rock as the candidate Mays Gilliam is the whole picture.A great supporting cast but only Rock could pull this off.There are lines like"that shit ain't right"and "God bless american and no one else"you have to love.The way Rock is treated is sort of the way Obama is treated although in very different ways and the movie is way over the top and not as focused as the republicans are today against Obama.I loved it!!Trailer URL follows the pix and a IMDB summary below.GREAT music score as well.Hell of a fund raiser dance scene in the movie.
Mays Gilliam, a Washington D.C. neighborhood Alderman, is about to be red-lined out of his job. But after the untimely death of the party frontrunner, Gilliam is plucked from obscurity, and thrust into the limelight as his party's nominee--for President of the United States. The players in Gilliam's life include: Mitch Gilliam, his unsophisticated older brother who becomes his running mate; Kim, his ex-girlfriend who had once dumped him, but who now has a sudden change of heart as she sees a chance at becoming First Lady; Martin Geller, his campaign manager; Lisa Clark, the woman who truly believes in Gilliam; and Debra Lassiter, the woman who doesn't have faith in his candidacy, and is serving as his reluctant advisor. Written by Sujit R. Varma
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