Rating  - Needed a programmer on writing staff
The BASIC premise of this movie was interesting, and the story is mildly entertaining, but any high school student with programming experience could tell you that the reason behind the computer glitch is too lame to give any credibility. A college student with a couple of computer programming courses could design a more plausible excuse for a glitch.
Rating  - As a comedy it falls short, but it surprisingly works well as a dramatic thriller...
`Man of the Year' is essentially two different films, one is a comedy about a comedian who is surprisingly elected as our next U.S. President; the other is a drama about a woman who stumbles across a glitch in a balloting service that ultimately elects the wrong president. The two work well in moments, and yet restrict each other in moments. The end result is an entertaining film that doesn't quite reach its full potential.
The film tells the story of comedian Tom Dobbs (a comedian in the line of Jon Stewart) who on a whim places himself in the running for the presidency and, surprisingly, wins. After his win he has to adjust to his new role as head of the country while Eleanor Green, a former employee of the company manufacturing the new balloting devices, chases him around trying to inform him that he is not really the president.
As a comedy the film does not work as well as it does as a drama. The plot line involving Eleanor as she hides out from her former bosses who want to silence her for fear of profit losses on account of their error is far more riveting than the plot involving Dobbs and his presidency. The problem is that Williams is not really funny here, while Linney is superbly dramatic in her role. Williams appears to be restrained by the material, never given a chance to really break away from his controlled persona and unleash the comedic genius we love to embrace. Linney on the other hand is given a much more complex character to embody and so her performance elevates her section of the film. When she shares the screen with Williams he seems to feed off of her energy and thus his performance shines brighter.
Christopher Walken and Lewis Black steal most of Williams' thunder, which is sad because this film would seem like the perfect vehicle for the comedic talents of Williams. He just appears dull most of the time. Jeff Goldblum is devilishly evil and actually made me proud (I am not a fan of his generally). But this movie belongs to Linney, for she is really the greatest thing about it.
In the end I must say that I was a little put off with this film, as a comedy, but as a dramatic thriller I was actually quite impressed. The two don't mesh together as well as they should have (mostly because the comedic portions of the film aren't really all that funny) but in the end we are left with a film that is entertaining and is satisfying and is definitely unexpected (who would have ever guessed it would work as a thriller as apposed to a comedy?).
I would watch it again, and enjoy it again, so feel free to watch and enjoy for yourself.
Rating  - Intelligent Comedy
Man of the Year
With Happy Madison pulling a ton of random movies that generally have the same characters in them, it's nice to have a comedy movie that isn't a bunch of slapstick humor. Robin Williams plays Tom Dobbs, a comedian who loves to make jokes about politics. Oddly enough, Tom Dobbs soon finds himself is the role of candidate for presidency largely due to his fans enjoying his comments about politics.
Tom Dobbs ends up winning the Presidential Election by using his radical personality to win people over. Soon he learns that a new voting system that was implemented had an error. He did not actually win the Presidential Election. Eleanor Green, a creator of the new system, soon finds herself in tremendous trouble while trying to explain the error to Dobbs. She is often attacked and nearly killed.
The movie is a weird mix of comedy and a bit of thriller. Any point with Robin Williams leads to some good comedy and a ton of political jokes. Eleanor Green gives you a bit of suspense while watching her being chased. I think the two parts mix together and give you a very entertaining movie. If you are tired of slapstick humor and want something intelligent, check this on out.
Rating  - An politiacly correct review
I loved this movie for once Hollywood dared to show how is the real political system.
Your rich you can be president your poor forget it. To show a comedian running for presidency is good. This movie as a message to give and I heard it and I hope you have.
Robbin Williams is at is best. I hasn't be disapointed in fact I was entertained and although it is a comedy opened my eyes on the political system.
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