Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen
Comedy-drama about a widowed US president and a lobbyist who fall in love. It's all aboveboard, but "politics is perception" and sparks fly anyway.
DVD Release Date: August 31, 1999
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June 17, 2009Romance/Drama/Comedy with a great cast, Douglas and Sheen running the country, looking good like Rob Reiner on a diet.
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December 21, 2008#1 The American President
President Shepherd (Douglas), a widower with a precocious daughter, is immensely popular, carrying a 63 percent approval rating that may be too high for modern political observers to imagine. But it takes the love of a good woman, lobbyist Sydney Wade (A...( read more) -
May 6, 2008"Lewis, we've had presidents who were beloved, who couldn't find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight. People don't drink the sand because they're thirsty. They drink the sand because they don't know the difference."
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September 25, 2009This movie is made absolutely 100% the way a movie should be made. It's well-written and beautiful.
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September 15, 2009Michael Douglas as an older powerful man who woos and marries a younger, attractive woman. Implausible.
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August 24, 2009I enjoyed this one. Michael Douglas and Miss Bening was a perfect couple for this white house comedy/drama.
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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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October 16, 2008oh how much i loved Micheal Douglas and Martin Sheen on that movie they were making great couple..Amazing movie :)
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November 26, 2007(1995 Director: Rob Reiner) NIce!! a little drippy--perhaps?? i lked it! Douglas seemed like almost Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter of course Edwards comes to mind now? NICE! I beileve in true love! My favoirite line in the move: "Because you said yes."
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July 31, 2007one of my favorite love stories. i can watch this movie over and over again!
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