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My Fellow Americans

1996

Peter Segal

Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard ...

5.2

414

Comedy Kramer and Douglas, two former presidents from opposite ends of the political spectrum, become reluctant allies when they become the target of a conspirator in President Haney's administration. The two ex-presidents realize they have an enemy within the government and set out to find evidence that will clear their names. The search takes them across the Southern Appalachians; along the way they meet a homeless couple, thwart kidnapers ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"Mr. Lemmon and Mr. Garner are such pros that they carry the movie smoothly over its dull patches"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A lot of the movie is, shall we say, not convincing (...) What's entertaining, however, is the way the movie skewers the human weaknesses of the two old Presidents (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Kevin McManus The Washington Post	"The script is well stocked with snappy put-down humor (...) But director Peter Segal loses his light-comedy touch after the first hour"	NEU
United Kingdom	Jake Hamilton Empire	"What a shame this got lumped straight in the video basket, as there is enough sly humour and classy acting on show here to fill an entire multiplex (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle	"A pleasing but mediocre film, with a great cast, a great story and a misguided script"	NEU
United States	TV Guide	"The surprise of this comedy (...) is how sharply written it is -- almost sharply enough to overcome the crude direction that grotesquely overemphasizes the picture's inevitable sentimental interludes."	NEU

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