Dave
by Ivan Reitman
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Actor: Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Ving RhamesDirector: Ivan Reitman
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Ivan Reitman
Producer: Gordon A. Webb
Producer: Joe Medjuck
Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner
Producer: Michael C. Gross
Producer: Sherry Fadely
Writer: Gary Ross
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-04-29
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of Dave
DVD Review: Language
Summary: 1 Stars
I was disappointed in the video because of the foul language. When I saw it on TV the foul language must have been deleted. DVD Review: Average Film
Summary: 4 Stars
As much as I like Kevin Kline, this film is just an average film. I enjoyed watching it and would recommend it as a family film. I might watch it again. I prefer the film, "American President" DVD Review: A fantasy of Washington
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a fun movie that is based on the novel The Prisoner of Zenda (Penguin Red Classics), in which a ruler (the President in this story) is replaced by a double to solve a sudden crisis. In the novel, the king is drugged the night before his coronation; in Dave the President has a stroke during sex with a young secretary. In both cases, the impostor is called upon to prolong the impersonation because of complications. The story is fun as Dave and the First Lady fall for each other even though she knows of his masquerade. There is a bit of dumb political nonsense about a "jobs bill" but the entire movie is fun and enjoyable. Kevin Kline is, as always, a great character actor and Sigourney Weaver plays a good foil as the First Lady who hates her husband and what he has become but is intrigued with this new side of him. Once she learns of the deception, she allies herself with Kevin Kline to try to rescue the legacy of her husband who is fatally ill. The ending is well done. I recommend it.DVD Review: Great cast makes this film work
Summary: 4 Stars
The story is implausible--getting a guy who runs a temp agency to stand in for the President of the US. But when you cast Kevin Kline as both characters you have the makings of a terrific film. Kline is so good that we suspend our disbelief and willingly follow him through this madcap scenario. Sigourney Weaver is excellent as the first lady whose starch begins to melt under the warmth of the fake president, Frank Langella is terrific as the evil brains behind the throne, Ving Rhames embues what could be a stock character with real warmth, Charles Grodin is always wonderfully funny, and Ben Kingsley is his usual sterling self. Who have I left out? Laura Linney has a small part but she always shines. I guess Kevin Dunn plays the other bad guy and he's good too.
I found the first half, which is funnier, much more entertaining than the second part when the fake President (Dave) starts to take his job seriously and tries to implement real change. That's where the plausibility gap got too big for me and a lot of shmaltzy stuff turned me off a bit (the fight to save the homeless shelter). However by that time I was hooked by Kline/Dave and hung in there to see how the film makers were going to wind the thing up.
I kept thinking of how this could have been a real bomb (in the bad sense) with lesser actors---like Jim Carrey as Dave. Kline takes what could have been a silly role and makes it something wonderful. It's a film worth seeing.
DVD Review: Change Comes to Washington
Summary: 4 Stars
"Dave" is a sweet feel-good movie that imagines what might happen if--just for a little while--Washington was run not by dishonest politicians, but by the "little guy." The "little guy" here is Dave (Kevin Kline), a good-hearted temp agent who happens to be a dead ringer for President Bill Mitchell, a corrupt philanderer. When President Mitchell suddenly falls into a coma, his advisors will do anything to prevent power from falling into the hands of the Vice President, even if it means deceiving the nation by having Dave pretend to be Mitchell. However, when Dave starts to see the advisors' cynical politicking for what it is, he becomes determined to follow his own conscience and try to use his position to help people.
Of course, one has to suspend disbelief while watching this movie, as impossible as the plot is [even the First Lady (Sigourney Weaver) doesn't notice the switch right away], but this doesn't make it any less enjoyable. It's a lighthearted comedy, a cute love story, and a meditation on the way things could be if politics truly revolved around the good of the people.
Description of Dave
Just who runs this country anyway? For comedy fans, the answer is - Dave. Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda, In & Out) and Sigourney Weaver (Working Girl, Ghostbusters) star in this box-office winner about an uncanny Presidential lookalike named Dave, who's recruited by the Secret Service to become a momentary stand-in for the President of the United States. However, things don't turn out exactly as planned and Dave finds himself continuing his masquerade as Chief Executive indefinitely. Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters and 6 Days, 7 Nights) directs and supporting players Frank Langella, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley and Charles Grodin supply more reasons to stand up and cheer. Many real-life Washington politicos and pundits join the fun as Dave uses ordinary-guy savvy to deal with the extraordinary responsibilities of the Oval Office.A heartwarming story of mistaken identity and idealism, director Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) takes on the political establishment in this fresh, funny comedy. Kevin Kline (Sophie's Choice, A Fish Called Wanda) plays Dave Kovic, a sweet man with a big heart running an employment agency. Dave happens to be a dead ringer for the current president of the United States, and he hires himself out as an impersonator for parties and mall openings. When the real president has a stroke while in bed with an aide, his ambitious chief of staff (Frank Langella) decides to hold onto the White House by appealing to Dave's sense of patriotism and having him pose as the president. Soon, however, Dave is running the country in a way contrary to what the chief of staff would like, even as he finds himself falling in love with the unsuspecting first lady (Sigourney Weaver). The movie's unbridled optimism is its best asset, and it makes this a pleasant comedy worth seeing. --Robert Lane
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