"Swing Vote" follows the story of Bud Johnson (Kevin Costner), beer-swigging, lovable loser, who is coasting through his life.
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Writerdirector Joshua Michael Stern (NEVERWAS) tackles American politics in his second feature film Bud Johnson (Kevin Costner) is just your below-average Joe He works in an egg factory likes to knock back a few too many beers and is a single parent to 12-year old Molly (Madeline Carroll) a bright spitfire who does her best to keep her dad on the straight and narrow Patriotic Molly insists that apathetic Bud do his civic duty and vote in the upcoming presidential election a tight race between Republican incumbent Andrew Boone (Kelsey Grammer) and Democratic candidate Donald Greenleaf (Dennis Hopper) Soon the media and both candidates descend upon Bud's hometown of Texico New Mexico when it's determined that his vote wasn't counted and will decide the outcome of the entire presidential election Now that Bud is a 'somebody'--there's even a 'Bud Cam' capturing his every move--will he be swayed by visits to Air Force One and the 'Bud Ball' held in his honour or will he be the voice of the American people and vote for the better candidate?The lengths the candidates go to in order to win Bud's vote are high points of the film as they find themselves supporting initiatives that are completely opposed to their platforms at the urging of their campaign managers played by Stanley Tucci and Nathan Lane Grammer is well cast as Boone and it's a hoot to see counterculture icon Hopper in this light Costner makes Bud likable despite the loser stereotype he personifies But this film belongs to Carroll a lovely young actress who can steal a scene with one look If nothing else SWING VOTE is a reminder that even though politics may be a game every single vote really does count
Comedy starring Kevin Costner as Bud Johnson, an average American guy living in the small, nowhere town of Texico, New Mexico, whose life ambles along amiably without much focus apart from his relationship with his precocious twelve-year-old daughter Molly (Madeline Carroll). In a moment of mischief, Molly sparks a chain of events that cause the outcome of the presidential election to come down to just one vote: her father's. In no time an army of politicians has invaded Texico with a single objective in mind: to get Bud's vote and win the election.
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