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Man Of The Year~Robin WilliamsThe Next President? A Wild, Hilarious Look At Political Satire
I'm a huge fan of Robin Willams and my first thought after watching this movie was that if ever there was film made for a comedic actor then this was it! Williams outdoes himself in this one. And even uses some restraint during all the wild and woolly scenes in which he so entirely commands
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"Man of the Year" - Slick stand-up routines, lousy plot...
Man of the Year is an enjoyable satirical comedy that burdens itself with an unconvincing romantic element and a daft conspiracy plot. Still, it's worth seeing for being able to watch Robin Williams and Christopher Walken back at somewhere approaching their best. Directed by Barry Levinson, it's... Read full review »
Man of the Year (2006)
I wonder what it is exactly that draws Robin Williams so eagerly toward horrible movies. Despite the occasional good decision - Good Will Hunting or Insomnia, for example - he's been in a string of truly awful movies that stretches back nearly a decade now. In fact, "a string" is probably... Read full review »
A Humorless Vacuum Tube -- But Mildly Entertaining
Introduction:
Man of the Year is a passable comedy that would have worked better if it were actually funny.
Plot Overview:
Robin Williams plays Tom Dobbs, a host of a mock-news television show (in a vein similar to Jon Stewart's show) who decides to run for president...
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Man of the Year contains a line about change that really applies today
Man of the Year is a very interesting movie starring Robin Williams as a comedian who gets elected President of the United States. All of the trailers and advertisements for this movie made it look like a comedy, when in fact it is a serious look at political campaigns and the way they are run, but... Read full review »
Replace Man with Worst Comedy. There, That's more like it. 'Worst Comedy of The Year.'
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Recognized comedian, Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams) winds up running for president of the United States, due to his rise in popularity of his political jokes about politicians on his talk show. Sporadically, Dobbs makes his way onto the ballot for...
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Man of the Year just misses to many great opportunities
I rented man of the year yesterday because I wanted to see it, I have seen the previews but have seen mixed reviews of the movie so I decided to rent it before buying it. It's a good thing to because man of the year while not a terrible movie is a movie that misses a lot of opportunities.
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Comic Man of the Year - Robin Williams
Introduction
One of my favorite comedy stars is Robin Williams. I love his sense of timing and his unusual face which makes his antics more comic. So when I heard about Man of the Year, I decided to check it out.
Plot
Tom Dobbs (Robin Williams) is a stand-up comedian who pokes...
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Hilarious, but not what I was expecting
For me, you can't beat Robin Williams on a good, clever-funny movie, and that is just what this was. Of course, I also love political comedy, and guess what?
The only downsides to the movie were when they tried to make it into some almost-dark thriller through Eileen, the love interest,...
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Not what I expected, in a bad way
Not bad enough to make this a bad movie, however. From the commercials it would seem this movie would follow the time line of a comedian running for president (beginning)- comedian's wild antics AS president (middle)- comedian realizing a moral truth when facing an important issue and growing wiser... Read full review »
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Man of the Year Widescreen Edition DVD
Robin Williams and writer-director Barry Levinson who worked together on 1987's GOOD MORNING VIETNAM and 1992's TOYS reunite for the political thrillerromantic comedy MAN OF THE YEAR. Williams stars as Tom Dobbs the host of a comedy talk show who fed up with the political system suddenly decides to run for president. So off he goes on a national bus tour joined by his manager Jack Menken Christopher Walken and his head writer Eddie Langston Lewis Black bringing his message of change to an eager public. Meanwhile Eleanor Green Laura Linney who works for Delacroy the company that has developed the voting machines being used by the government discovers a serious glitch in the program that alters the results of the election. She tries to tell the company's CEO Rick Roberts and chief counselspokesman Jeff Goldblum but they want everything hushed up so their stock prices aren't affected and their upcoming international deal goes through. Unable to hold back the truth Green looks to Dobbs for help while being hunted down by Delacroy. Levinson the director of such successful films as DINER AVALON and WAG THE DOG--the latter also set in the political arena--has crafted a fast-paced seriocomic look at 21st-century America especially since the possible voting problems encountered in the presidential elections of 2000 and 2004. Part Jon Stewart part Bill Maher part Ross Perot Dobbs is a funnyman who decides to do something about the sorry state of the country.
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