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- 1996
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 41 m
- 1996
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 41 m
Summary Two former U. S. Presidents, hated rivals, join forces to expose the current, corrupt President at the risk of their lives.
Directed By: Peter Segal
Written By: E. Jack Kaplan, Richard Chapman, Peter Tolan
- 1996
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 41 m
- 1996
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 41 m
My Fellow Americans
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6.7
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Summary Two former U. S. Presidents, hated rivals, join forces to expose the current, corrupt President at the risk of their lives.
Directed By: Peter Segal
Written By: E. Jack Kaplan, Richard Chapman, Peter Tolan
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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41% Positive
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9% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
49
41% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
50% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The plot pulls you along at breakneck speed, so the plausibility of two US leaders on the lam matters not a jot. What does matter, however, is the excellent script which has a kiss-off line at least once every five seconds and keeps the mush down to an absolute minimum.
My Fellow Americans, doesn't get to the heart of any issue, constitutional, legislative or otherwise. But it has a fine time imagining our leaders as bumbling, thin-skinned, ultimately likable misfits who are as lost on the American highway as everybody else.
My Fellow Americans is one adjustment away from being a great movie. As it stands it's a pleasing but mediocre film, with a great cast, a great story and a misguided script.
It takes a special actor's grace to survive a script as lame as My Fellow Americans, and James Garner has it. Without appearing to break a sweat, Garner makes each grotesquely desperate attempt at humor look smooth and assured. In his hands, everything seems funnier than it is.
The script is well stocked with snappy put-down humor, including on-target jabs at Dan Quayle, Jerry Ford and George Bush. But director Peter Segal loses his light-comedy touch after the first hour and makes an unfunny mess of the final, crackpot chase sequence.
Yes, it's a deeply formulaic buddy movie predicated on geezer charm. But the surprise of this comedy about two former Chief Executives forced to get along and get in touch with the real America is how sharply written it is -- almost sharply enough to overcome the crude direction that grotesquely overemphasizes the picture's inevitable sentimental interludes.
An appalling piece of junk that tries to redo The Odd Couple and Grumpy Old Men in presidential terms.
User Score
Generally Favorable
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Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
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Production Company
Peters Entertainment,
Storyline Entertainment
Release Date Dec 20, 1996
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline A comedy about life, liberty and the pursuit of two ex-presidents.
