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  • Opened February 20, 2004 
  • 1 hr 50 min
  • PG-13 | Nudity and Brief Sexual Comments

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. More on child suitability

  • To recover from a vicious divorce, former U.S. President Monroe Cole (Gene Hackman) retires to his vacation home in sleepy Mooseport, Maine. When the local town council approaches him to run for mayor in the upcoming election, Cole agrees. As he campaigns against his rival, Handy Harrison (Ray Romano), the owner of the local hardware store, Cole comes to learn that well-oiled, sophisticated political machinations have no place in a small town with a friendly populace. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Gene Hackman, Ray Romano, Marcia Gay Harden, Maura Tierney, Christine Baranski
  • Director: Donald Petrie
  • Genres: Comedy

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

Hackman could charm the chrome off a trailer hitch. Romano is more of the earnest, aw-shucks, sincere, well-meaning kind of guy whose charm is inner and only peeks out occasionally. They work well together here. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Jack Mathews

It neither mocks nor satirizes, it doesn't touch any social issues, and though it is about an election, there are no losers. For all those reasons, there aren't many laughs, either. Political comedy plays against tension, and there just isn't any. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Ruthe Stein

But the jury is still out on Romano's future in movies. Hackman blows him off the screen. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

A toothless political satire set in a Maine coastal village. It plays like six subplots in search of a sitcom. Read full review

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