Review - The American President (1995)
Hey guys, Chuck here. Well, we're still inching closer and closer to the next Presidential Election here in the United States, so it's time for the second of two reviews related to the President of the U.S. The last movie I reviewed was Dave, which was about a man hired to serve as a body double for the President. Today's review is, in fact, about the President. Released in 1995, The American President was the second collaboration between director Robert Reiner and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, coming off of their previous collaboration on the courtroom drama A Few Good Men . The American President stars Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Samantha Mathis, and Richard Dreyfus. The movie centers on President Andrew Shepherd, who is preparing for his re-election, and is hoping a crime prevention bill, despite it being seen as too weak by liberals and getting rejected by conservatives, to consolidate his approval rating and guara