Swing Vote (2008)

Johan

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Studio: Touchstone Pictures

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Aug 1, 2008

Running Time: 119 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring:

Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez, Madeline Carroll, Shawn Prince, Mare Winningham, Paula Patton

director:

Joshua Michael Stern

Swing Vote

Bud Johnson, an apathetic, beer-slinging, lovable loser, is coasting through a life that has passed him by. The one bright spot is his precocious, over-achieving twelve year-old daughter Molly. She takes care of both of them, until one mischievous moment on Election Day, when she accidentally sets off a chain of events which culminates in the election coming down to one vote--her dad’s.

As the election season heats up, so do the politically-themed movies--and right out of the gate is Swing Vote, a non-stop laugh machine which proves itself to be a landslide comedy winner.

Story

Considering how close the last two presidential elections were, including the 2000 race between Gore and Bush that came down to hanging chads and the Supreme Court, it was probably inevitable that filmmakers would find a credible way to focus on a campaign that somehow comes down to just ONE vote. If you…