Swing Vote - movie review

Swing Vote arrives during one election cycle merely heavily references another, spinning
the hanging chad outrage of the 2000 presidential race into a formulaic feel-empowered
comedy for today's huddled masses.



Bud (Kevin Costner) and Molly Johnson (gifted newcomer Madeline Carroll) take for granted Hollywood's
schoolbook father-daughter duet: she's the pint-sized "adult" of the trailer they call
home, and he's the whiney child. On the eve of a tight presidential race, a mix-up at
the polls negates Bud's ballot, which doesn't sound like a big deal until it's determined
that the election will come down to a exposure finish distinct by one vote -- Bud's.
If you think that's regular remotely possible, by all means, read on. As Bud gets a crash
course in democracy from smarty-pants Molly, incumbent prexy Andrew Boone (Kelsey
Grammer) and left-leaning White House hopeful Donald Greenleaf derive on Texico,
New Mexico with glad-handlers in towage in hopes of winning the slob's valuable supp
ort.



When I tell you Swing Vote hammers us all over the straits with its message, I couldn't be more
literal. Costner's Bud stumbles out of a bar in one particular scene and clunks his
skull on a star sign that reads "Vote today!" The fact that the same mansion remains