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My Fellow Americans (1996)

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Average Rating: 5.1/10
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Critic Reviews: 16
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In this comedy, Russell P. Kramer (Jack Lemmon) and Matt Douglas (James Garner) are two former U.S. Presidents who sit on opposite sides of the political fence. Kramer is a stuffy Republican reluctant to part with a dollar, while Douglas is a left-leaning Democrat with an eye for the ladies. Douglas succeeded Kramer in office after a single term, while Douglas, after four years as chief executive, lost to his former running mate William Haney (Dan Aykroyd). When the facts about a bribery scheme

PG-13, 1 hr. 41 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Peter Segal , Bradley Whitford

In Theaters: Dec 20, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Aug 27, 1997

Warner Home Video

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Cast

Jack Lemmon
Russel P. Kramer
James Garner
Matt Douglas
Dan Aykroyd
William Haney
John Heard
Ted Matthews
Everett McGill
Col. Paul Tanner
Sela Ward
Kaye Griffin
Wilford Brimley
Joe Hollis
Bradley Whitford
Carl Witnaur
Marg Helgenberger
Joanna
Lauren Bacall
Margaret Kramer
Tom Everett
Wilkerson
Conchata Ferrell
Woman Truck Driver
Jack Kehler
Wayne
Mark Lowenthal
Caldwell
James Rebhorn
Charlie Reynolds
Esther Rolle
Rita
Jeff Yagher
Dorothy/Lt. Ralph Flemi...
Connie Ray
Genny

Critic Reviews for My Fellow Americans

All Critics (47) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (21) | DVD (4)

A gang-written comedy that doesn't have a political bone in its body, or much evidence of a funny one, either.

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Jack Mathews

Los Angeles Times

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Shameless laughs flow off the prefab assembly line with sufficient regularity to please audiences with a taste for comfortable tradition spiced with a bit of contempo naughtiness.

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Variety

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

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A very bad, uninspired comedy with slight leanings toward self-importance.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Tom Keogh

Film.com

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This is not a great comedy and will be soon forgotten, but it has nice moments.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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There are times when I laughed, but, as a whole, this particular buddy film really isn't worth the price of admission.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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Strained and obvious political comedy that wastes some really great actors.

April 3, 2005 Comment (1)

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Garner and Lemmon's chemistry save the film.

July 16, 2003 Comment (1)

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

Watch two grandmasters of comic timing snipe at each other for the length of a feature? Sure, where do I sign up?

January 11, 2003 Comment

Widgett Walls

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For better or for worse, MY FELLOW AMERICANS gains its humor mostly by establishing itself within the first five minutes as a highly fictionalized, unrealistic account of two U.S. Presidents that would have never even gotten close to election. Each one of them behaves like a modern day �Fourth Stooge,�? and on top of

January 29, 2012

Alexander Diminiano

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Perfect casting as Jack Lemon and James Garner play American ex-Presidents in quite a believable way in both terms of looks and attitude. A brilliant team up with both actors being on top form with witty dialog and some great one two's as they bicker and fight across the Southern Appalachians trying to get their

August 9, 2011