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Thursday, April 03, 2003
MOVIE REVIEW: HEAD OF STATE (2003) * * * (3 stars out of 4).
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This movie, co-written, directed by, and starring Chris Rock, was funny and clever. I know it's totally supposed to be just a light-hearted, silly, absurd comedy, but I was, nonetheless, a little bothered by some of the things in it. For example, why would a black Democratic Presidential candidate be campaigning in Texas and Nevada? It seems to me that those are the two states that most any Democrat who didn't happen to come from one of those states would typically write off, so that he or she could focus on the states that will be more closely contested. Yet, the only states where the protagonist is shown campaigning are those two, and the more sensible, in-play choices of Illinois and Florida. And it's not like everything in the movie made wasn't just silly and absurd, but this just didn't make any sense, yet it wasn't funny either. So, I don't want to seem nit-picky here, but it would have been just as entertaining to show real battleground states, like Michigan or Pennsylvania, and it wouldn't have taken me out of the story. This, of course, is just one example among many. But, all in all, I really did enjoy the movie very much, and laughed a lot. I recommend it.
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