Stats: 1993. Starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Ving Rhames. PG-13.
Background: I have no idea when I first saw Dave. What I do remember is when my cousins first saw Dave. I had major surgery during the summer of 1993, and while I was in the hospital, my cousins were visiting relatives on the East Coast. Kate sent me a letter telling me about all the fun things they’d been doing—including seeing Jurassic Park and Dave in the theater.
Reactions: Dave is as much fun today as it was the first time I saw it … whenever that was! Kevin Kline does a great job in both roles—as the loathsome President Mitchell, and as sweet and adorable Dave.
Dave runs a temp agency and makes a few extra bucks as a presidential impersonator. When the president becomes seriously ill, his advisors decide to put Dave in his place and keep the illness a secret. Dave turns out to be a better president than the real president and thwarts the advisors’ evil schemes.
This movie is incredibly far-fetched (and rather predictable), but it’s still enjoyable and quite funny.
Verdict: Keep
Before my dear brother points out that I've cheated, as he gave me a movie for Christmas that starts with a "B," so I should have gone back and watched that before I watched anything else, let me make it known that I watched Dave LONG before Christmas and just hadn't gotten around to posting the review yet. His movie will be #35.
ReplyDeletehow funny that you remember when i saw this movie. when i started reading the review, i thought to myself, "i think we went to see this in the theater when we were st jim and bev's!" thanks for confirming my memory!
ReplyDelete