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Head of State - 3/28/03 - PG-13 - 95m - DVD
Chris
Rock - Mays Gilliam
Bernie Mac - Mitch Gilliam
Dylan Baker - Martin Geller
Director: Chris Rock
Written by: Chris Rock & Ali LeRoi
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ROBLYN
When a presidential candidate unexpectedly dies, the Democrats
want to choose a candidate that they know won’t win, so Senator
Bill Arnot (James Rebhorn) can reclaim the presidency for 2008. Alderman
Mays Gilliam (Chris Rock) is the lucky winner. Mays is not your average
Alderman. He doesn’t where suits and he regularly mixes with the
people. Mays travels across the country trying to win the people, with
his staff, Martin Geller (Dylan Baker) and Debra Lassiter (Lynn Whitfield)
by his side (sort of). Mays is competing against Brian Lewis (Nick Searcy).
Mays is dealing with an ended relationship and one he wants to start.
Mays hires his brother Mitch (Bernie Mac) as his Vice-President candidate.
You would think with this combination that the movie would be hilarious.
I was so disappointed. The only couple of “chuckles” I may
have had were from Bernie Mac and Nick Searcy. This was basically a presidential
election and what leads up to it, which just like in the real world is
very boring. The trailer gave away all the funny parts. There was way
too much face hitting or slapping (you can carry a joke only so far before
it gets tiring). Kim (Robin Givens) plays Mays ex-fiancée who tries
to get him back when she finds out he’s running for the President.
Robin overacted the role so much that she’s not even close to being
funny (the only funny parts are when you hear “security”).
I enjoy a lot of the Saturday Night Live cast and how many have made it
in the movie world and as much as Chris has been successful and winning
several awards, I just don’t care for this movie. I do like him
better as a character actor. He tries too hard and he’s just not
funny in this movie. I generally don’t like politics so to sit and
watch a political movie and hope it’s funny, and then it’s
not, well, I just wasted a Saturday evening.
DVD Extra’s – Deleted Scenes, The Making
Of, Cast, Filmmakers, Production Notes, Gallery. Nothing exciting, 3 sections
just text with no music, and the gallery is made up of still pictures.
With a lot of this movie looking like a music video, you think they would
have added some music to the extras.
Roblyn
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