A single parent family.
Lovely and sensible daughter, make breakfast and wake up dad, unhappy dad "Why did you go to bed with your clothes on again", teach dad to "do civic duty"
Dad who is lazy and hates work, sleeps late, forgets to pick up his daughter for fun, lazy When he was fired, when his daughter said, "I want to be with my mother," she actually said, "I also want to."
One night, the highly politically conscious daughter secretly went to the ballot box to draw a sign for her father, and was about to vote. The ballot machine was cut off.
It turns out that everyone in the United States voted the same number of Republicans and Democrats!
There is only one ballot that has no result due to a machine error, so this ballot will decide who the President of the United States is!
Everyone is wondering, who is it? Of course, it was this father and
a little TV reporter who occasionally found this family. They became famous overnight. The two Republican and Democratic presidential candidates rushed to the scene immediately. All the news media were in place at the same time, and the outside of the window was like a football stadium stand.
According to the law, it is necessary to vote again after ten days of invalid ballots, so in these ten days, this sloppy dad from the bottom of society has become the most watched person in the world. Under the guidance of their aides, the two presidential candidates made great moves one after another. After learning about all his hobbies, the offensive came overwhelming. Dad enjoyed an unimaginably high treatment. He went to Air Force One to have a meal with the President, a huge Party with himself as the theme, and all kinds of entertainment he liked. The purpose was to please him.
But what followed was that, in order to please him, his random stinky farts were taken as imperial edicts by the two candidates, and political opinions became a joke in the face of absolute goals. Even in order to make it easier for him to fish, a small river not far away was designated as a nature reserve.
The father is at ease, and the sensible daughter has been awake all the time. She is worried that this election has been turned into a game or personal likes and dislikes. She is worried that her father's random vote will destroy American democracy, and that a random word will destroy a large number of people. She replied to thousands of people and kept waking up her father, but one day she finally couldn't stand it anymore. She was under too much pressure.
The daughter ran to her mother's house. Although she was confused, her father, who still loves her daughter, chased after her all the way. When she brought her back, she also deeply reflected on it.
At the same time, the two presidents and the entire United States are also reflecting on whether all this makes sense, does this kind of democracy make sense.
In the end, Dad, with the help of his daughter and a beautiful reporter, held a grand live debate. The two presidents stood in front of him, answering questions from him and the person who sent the letter one by one. He alone has finally justly represented the will of all the people.
On the last day, Dad cast his ballot.
Recently, I laughed at exaggerated body expressions, laughed at shit and piss jokes, and laughed at other serious jokes. I almost forgot to see a little laugh, it is humor. Humor is not simple. Give me a theme of democracy, and let me think of a joke. I can only hold back some domestic needs for a year, but Hollywood screenwriters can make a whole movie. Comedy has always been difficult. It is difficult to make the audience laugh. It is even more difficult to make the audience laugh at the level of the joke. It is even more difficult to make the audience feel that they are level and think a little bit.
This film really has this classic quality: humorous exaggeration, but also provocative thinking. No, the whole context: If you could decide the fate of the country, what would you do? If even the leaders of the country came to beg you, what would you do?
This led to a lot of absurd things, and also pointedly satirized the two candidates' campaign teams and campaign methods. The two presidential candidates are simply idiots and obey the words of their staff. The news media are also linked, and the only purpose is to grab the ratings by any means.
Of course, because the tone of this film is harmonious and it is a comedy, in the end, the presidential candidates found their conscience, the female reporter found their conscience, the male protagonist found their conscience, and the whole of the United States found it. The final outcome was a happy ending, and there were no conspiracies and shady scenes.
Laughing is laughing, so what is thinking? It is about thinking about American democracy, thinking about the legal system, and thinking about human rights. Early in the film, I borrowed my father's words to say, "What's the use of your vote? It's just a trick to deceive people." What about the legal system? Even though the two candidates have enormous power, there is no legal gap between them. The staff wanted to use their power to give the male protagonist a job, but after thinking about it, the presidential candidate still refused. human rights? Although a common man became a key figure, the senior officials did not force him to change his will.
Maybe it's a propaganda film about American democracy, because it says that he praises the United States, but it satirizes the president's incompetence, that he doesn't boast, and secretly emphasizes these American tunes. This film will definitely not be introduced to China.
Another thing to say: more than 50% of the film is due to Kevin Costner's great performance, a well-deserved actor level.
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