On a lark, the host of a late-night political talk show (Williams) decides to run for president. The thing is, he never expected to win.
Good performances by Robin Williams and Laura Linney, but ultimately this movie blew all of their good jokes in the first 20-30 minutes of the film. The rest of the time, it was very serious except for maybe the last 5-10. As if the norm nowadays, most (if not all) of the funny parts were already disclosed to us in the film's preview.
