Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Kevin KlineDave Kovic / Bill Mitchell
- Sigourney WeaverEllen Mitchell
- Frank LangellaBob Alexander
- Kevin DunnAlan Reed
- Ving RhamesDuane Stevenson
- Ben KingsleyVice-President Nance
- Charles GrodinMurray Blum
- Faith PrinceAlice
- Laura LinneyRandi
- Bonnie HuntWhite House Tour Guide
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Ivan Reitman's direction and Gary Ross' screenplay use intelligence and warmhearted sentiment to make Dave into wonderful lighthearted entertainment. - 88
Chicago Tribune
Dave has been directed by Ivan Reitman in a refreshingly restrained fashion-there are plenty of quiet passages, rare for American movies these days-which compliments Kevin Kline's wonderful work as well. - 88
Chicago Tribune
It's a beautifully proportioned, wonderfully complete movie. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
For all its modest charm, Dave is a true throwback to the Capra days, a political comedy just cockeyed enough to triumph over cynicism. - 78
Austin Chronicle
The film is very funny, but a thoughtful Reitman is just not as funny as when he used to blast into space. - 75
Baltimore Sun
Though it stops short of explosive comedy, the Ivan Reitman film is consistently amusing in its populist celebration of common sense and decency in the place of sophistication, power-brokering and cynicism. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
The funniest, savviest political comedy to come our way in some time. - 70
Washington Post
It's an updated Capra fantasy that goes for the sweet rather than the tart.
