| RATING: | 80% |
| TECHNICAL QUALITY: | DVD |
Many of us like to think we can run the country better than the politicians and here we are offered a vicarious opportunity. This is especially true concerning the endemic economic mismanagement in the West.
A clever cross between Le Retour de Martin Guerre and Frankenstein that expresses the irrepressible urge of denizens of the United States to imagine their government is the best in the world despite its self-evident cynicism. It also shows what can happen when an important person is impersonated and the impostor begins to think they actually are that person. A brave attempt to re-envision the US by way of Frank Capra.
The plot lacks credibility, as it envisions an effective US coup d'état that cannot possibly work; while the romance is a little one-sided as the excellent Sigourney WEAVER has to carry all the emotional weight. Yet it is emotionally-compelling, for all that, since it expresses a wish for the better governance that we know we will never receive - no matter whom we support politically. If only Western politicians were like this in real life.
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