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Dave [1993]
from Warner Home Video
starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames
directed by Ivan Reitman

Features:

• Dubbed
• Full Screen
• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

A heart-warming story of mistaken identity and idealism, director Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) takes on the political establishment in this fresh, funny comedy. Kevin Kline (Sophie's Choice, A Fish Called Wanda) plays Dave Kovic, a sweet man with a big heart running an employment agency. Dave happens to be a dead ringer for the current president of the United States and he hires himself out as an impersonator for parties and mall openings. When the real president has a stroke while in bed with an aide, his ambitious chief of staff (Frank Langella) decides to hold onto the White House by appealing to Dave's sense of patriotism and having him pose as the president. Soon, however, Dave is running the country in a way contrary to what the chief of staff would like, even as he finds himself falling in love with the unsuspecting first lady (Sigourney Weaver). The movie's unbridled optimism is its best asset and it makes this a pleasant comedy worth seeing. --Robert Lane

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Brilliant Double role film
  This is one of Kevin Klines funniest roles playing the ordinary Joe Dave Kovic who has the appearance that resembles the president. When the president suffers from a severe stroke the government wants Dave to fill in for the president while he is out. When Dave takes on the role of the president and and has to take on the life that the president left behind for him like the first lady played by Sigourney Weaver who hated him. Dave needs to take on his relationship with the first lady, his advisor's played... more info

• Good Light Comedy
  An excellent example of modern light comedy, free of strong language, violence and with only the essential minimum of discreet and very brief sex. Can be watched with one's parents without risk of embarassment. Has a good tiwst in the plot at the end.

• Nicely done: Frank Capra meets Ivan Reitman
  Sweet natured, warm hearted, funny, a little sentimental, and with a surprising, sharp political edge best sums up this story about a man who gets to play president, takes on the bad guys and gets the girl in a happy ending.
  President William Mitchell is a political sleaze who two-times his wife, Ellen (Sigourney Weaver), betrays his few principles and doesn't care much about anything. He frequently employs look alikes so he can have unnoticed time for his bimbos. But this time, after a major speech,... more info

• Enjoyable Factor
  This film is very good as it shows everyone what it would be like if yu had to impersonate the president of the united states. The plot is great with a good twist at the end which took me a while to realise. The White house is a main feature of the movie and politics.Its american politics with humour!

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