Man of the Year

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12/12/2009 Unusual part documentary and part mockumentary, it's often hard to tell what is real and what isn't. Whatever the case it is interesting and also very funny at times. Cleverly put together by director star Dirk Shafer. See more 02/22/2007 [center][font=Century Gothic][u][size=5]Man of the Year Review [/size][/u][size=5][size=2] [b]Rating: 3.7/10 Rated: PG-13 Starring: Robin Williams, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Christopher Walken, and Jeff Goldbum Genre: Comedy/Thriller [color=Green]My Grade: D+ [/color][/b][color=Green][color=Black]"Man of the Year" was the film with potential that just couldn't make up its mind about what it wanted to be about, so it just crumbled beneath its feet. Like so many of the other "political comedies" that have come out in the past years like "Welcome to Mooseport", "Head of State", and "American Dreamz"... "Man of the Year" isn't funny enough to be called a comedy and it doesn't have enough to say that really means anything to the audience. Barry Levinson who started off his career strong and went down from here (his past film being one of the worst films of all time "Envy") he keeps going down with "Man of the Year." Like so many other so-called comedies of the last year, this film suffers from the indecisive and horrific illness called "The Click Syndrome"... it just can't make up its mind at all, so we're given two genres that just don't mix well. [img]http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/8140/manoftheyearpicch0.jpg[/img] While Robin Williams has his hilarious quips and some very funny little bits during the "debate" scene, he just can't keep this movie on its two feet. Laura Linney and Jeff Goldblum are left in the dust with an absolutely ridiculous backstory that is more thriller and horror, than it is funny. The audience is asked of to care about Williams' story about becoming president, but its so hard to do because there's this other unneeded story about this computer ballot that turns into a chaotic suspense story lacking any sort of sense. I wanted to like this movie, but there's really no possible way that you can. Neither story is developed enough... so, the audience doesn't care about either story... or the movie for that matter. [b]Concensus: [/b]An indecisive little film, that suffers from annoying genre-switches... its not funny or suspenseful enough to make anything work. [img]http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9414/manoftheyearposterbigei4.jpg[/img] [size=4][u][b]Next Review: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints[/b][/u][/size] [/color][/color][/size][/size][/font][/center] See more 12/30/2006 Unusual part documentary and part mockumentary, it's often hard to tell what is real and what isn't. Whatever the case it is interesting and also very funny at times. Cleverly put together by director star Dirk Shafer. See more Read all reviews

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