Levinson has gone from Wag the Dog to "Screw the Pooch".
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10/12/06
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Man of the Year (2006)
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Reviews Counted:139
Fresh:29
Rotten:110
Average Rating:4.4/10
Consensus: Weakened by second-half attempts at thriller and romance, this presidential comedy also fails to hit any sharp political notes, resulting in a confused and unsatisfying mess.
Theatrical Release:Oct 13, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $37,442,180
Synopsis: Robin Williams and writer-director Barry Levinson, who worked together on 1987's GOOD MORNING VIETNAM and 1992's TOYS, reunite for the political thriller/romantic comedy MAN OF THE YEAR. Williams... [More]
Starring: Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, David Alpay, Lewis Black
Director: Barry Levinson
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Reviews for Man of the Year
Many actors were paid to pretend Williams is still funny in Man of the Year.
10/12/06
In fact, there may well have been one or two funny lines in Man of the Year, but by that point they were lost in the staggering repulsiveness.
10/12/06
This is really two movies in one -- an exemplary political satire and an average thriller, tied together with romantically shopworn president-as-an-average-Joe tropes from Dave and The American President.
10/12/06
Man of the Year sets its audience up to ponder the unthinkable, loses its resolve and congeals into reassuring kitsch.
10/12/06
Top CriticThe new Robin Williams comedy Man of the Year is the sort of thing you almost feel sorry for.
10/12/06
Top CriticEven though it's only two-thirds of a solid comedy, it doesn’t take a high-priced pollster to figure out that this is a far better ratio than a lot of other recent yukfests.
10/12/06
The Eleanor stuff makes the comedy move more methodically than Tucson's Downtown renewal efforts.
10/12/06
What is it about Robin Williams that he often appears in these wild misfires, pictures that are so full of promise yet so disastrous in execution?
10/12/06
The deadly serious corporate malfeasance story doesn’t mesh well with Williams’ politically humorous antics.
10/12/06
Robin Williams would never stand a chance, either as a presidential candidate or as a TV talk-show comic, a major drawback in a what-if scenario so self-congratulatory and smug.
10/11/06
Top CriticA hybrid of so many parts that it would be unwieldy even if it were executed very well. But as it happens, it isn't.
10/11/06
Is there any other comedian who recycles material as often and for as long as Robin Williams? He's the last man in America who thinks Monica Lewinsky jokes are still funny.
10/11/06
What keeps Man of the Year alive is the homey interplay of its principals.
10/10/06
Top CriticAll the audience can do with this DOA comedy is wait for their next chance to see Robin Williams do another stand-up routine, providing a precious break in an otherwise tedious film.
10/10/06
As well as this may have worked as a comedy ... it tries too hard to be a thriller and a drama, which is where it falls flat on its face.
10/10/06
It's a difficult assignment to pull all the genre strings into a tight ball of serio-comedic yarn. My cat Hillary could have done a better job with less effort.
10/10/06
In short, it would have been great if it had stopped, oh, 12 minutes in.
10/10/06
Top CriticThere's nothing about Man of the Year that's quite as fantastic as its depiction of moribund Saturday Night Live as culturally and politically relevant.
10/10/06
A wishy-washy thriller with political leanings that never quite fit.
10/09/06
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