Review of Swing Vote

So there is this new movie out called Swing Vote, starring Kevin Costner. Since whenever Hollywood steps up with a political movie it makes conservatives look like crooks or buffoons and liberals look the opposite, I was quite skeptical of it. (Ever seen Dave? What dreck.)

The good news is that Swing Vote works really hard to be balanced and is a pretty good movie, or so says Mark Hemingway. It sounds like the key was that the writers didn't deal with a lot of ideology in the movie. Given that it's about a presidential race, that's not easy to do but it sounds like they pulled it off. With one of my favorite actors ever cast as the incumbent Republican president, Kelsey Grammar (aka, Sideshow Bob!), it could be pretty good. Dennis Hopper (aka, Shooter the alcoholic!) is the Democratic candidate, too.

Of course, I still won't see it in the theater, but I'll be sure to check it out when it comes out on DVD.