Dave (1993) · Tastebuds

In a country where anybody can become President, anybody just did.

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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Classical in form, comic, resolved and effortless.

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gravecomic
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Who loves it, who doesn't

76 profiled raters. Loved most by The Sinceres; disliked most by The Provocateurs.

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“Is this Ivan Reitman's best work?”
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“Is Dave too gentle for its own good?”
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“Would Dave hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1993?”
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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

Crew

Ivan ReitmanDirector
Gary RossWriter
Adam GreenbergDirector of Photography
James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
Sheldon KahnEditor
Ivan ReitmanProducer
Lauren Shuler DonnerProducer

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