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Funny stuff. Have you seen it, Dave? Any good?
Trailer makes it look like Tin Cup with Politics. Which could be good, as I love Tin Cup.

Ha! Those are great, I especially love the reference to the grade school elections in the first one, that cracks me up.

I have a chance to go to a Swing Vote screening tonight if I can just get out of work in time. I really want to get to it -- I definitely feel like this movie is going to have some elements of Dave and some of Tin Cup.

These have been up on YouTube for two months. I think they have been seen, just not by enough to matter.

It is not good, bluelou. But I didn't like 'Tin Cup," either.

I liked Tin Cup, but this thing should be avoided like the plague. It will hurt your brain, it's so bad.

Good God, am I the only one who recognizes this picture as a stone rip-off of Garson Kanin's THE GREAT MAN VOTES, right down to the little girl? When did plagiarism no longer become a crime?

actually, the post recognized it some time ago...

http://blogs.nypost.com/movies/archives/2008/07/yes_its_true_ke.html

Swing Vote is good. Don't let the haters hate.

wrecktum -- i didn't hate it but i sure didn't like it... i'm guessing it's going to sink pretty fast.... there's a whole lotta forced charm going on in this one.....

But doesn't much of middle America love Costner's charm, forced or not?

Dude is a WAY bigger draw to this day than he gets H-Town credit for; Most of America still loves this guy and will follow him just about anywhere... though wonk-ish political satire tends to flop even when well-done.

Costner should do another western. Open Range was fantastic. If he can do that on $15 million...

lex -- you're right about the charm thing...and this movie prob won't lose any money.... it just isn't very good.... i guess i just want my time back....
and -- there's a part of me that thinks audiences don't want to see an election movie any more than they want to see a 'sand' movie.....i'm thinkin' a different title might've been a good move....

Have you noticed the split between "Top Critics" and the entire critical mass over at Rotten Tomatoes? 77 % percent of the top critics give Swing Vote upbeat notices. But when all the critics are counted -- only 31 % approve. Does this say something about the divide between established critics (most of them writing for MSM) and lesser-known reviewers (most of them writing for other outlets)?

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