A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.
A lovely romantic comedy in that true eighties style. A little charmer of a movie starring the ever-watchable Kevin Kline. I'll admit I'm pretty old-fashioned and, even in today's evil world, I cling to the hope there are still good-hearted people out there somewhere. This is one of those movies keeping that hope alive. Let the soft side of you out and enjoy this film.
Kevin Kline is Dave, an unassuming fellow who is recruited by the Secret Service to double for the President of the USA whilst he goes for some extracurricular horizontal jogging. Its a simple task. Turn up, smile, wave, dont speak - then get in the car! Well thats the theory, but when the actual president gets a bit too carried away with his activities, he ends up in a coma and Dave with a slightly longer booking in the Oval Office. It turns out that the First Couple arent especially close, so ambitiously ruthless Chief of Staff Bob (Frank Langella) decides that so long as he can keep this predicament secret for long enough, he can manoeuvre himself into pole position for the succession. First Lady Ellen (Sigourney Weaver) is no fool thoug...