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The President's Analyst (1967)

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Reviews Counted:20

Fresh:16

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Theodore Flicker's satirical comedy skewers Cold War politics, psychiatry, spy films, and the 1960s counterculture all in one fell swoop. When the U.S. President begins to feel overwhelmed by the... Theodore Flicker's satirical comedy skewers Cold War politics, psychiatry, spy films, and the 1960s counterculture all in one fell swoop. When the U.S. President begins to feel overwhelmed by the duties of his job, respected psychiatrist Dr. Sidney Schaefer (James Coburn) is called in to help him relieve the stress. Schaefer soon feels the pressure of keeping all the President's secrets and decides to resign his post. When he finds himself in danger from both Soviet and American agents who want his former patient's political secrets, a comical chase ensues through the hippie subculture of 1960s America. [More]

Starring: James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden, Joan Delaney

Starring: James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden, Joan Delaney, Pat Harrington, Barry Maguire, William Daniels, Eduard Franz, Walter Burke, Arte Johnson

Director: Theodore J. Flicker

Director: Theodore J. Flicker
Screenwriter: Theodore J. Flicker
Producer: Stanley Rubin
Composer: Lalo Schifrin

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Jun 8, 2004

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To realize that such studio entertainments found a way to accommodate politics and satire is to mourn something largely lost.

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06/05/08
Joshua Rothkopf
Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out New York

Theodore Flicker's genial exercise in comic paranoia re-emerges, for no apparent reason, a reasonably fit and funny artifact from the age of grooviness.

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06/04/08
J. Hoberman
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03/09/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

If Philip K. Dick had worked for Mad magazine, he might have come up with The President's Analyst.

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01/18/08
Mark Bourne
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05/07/07
Chuck O'Leary
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Mindless bureaucracy, Cold War mentality, blind liberalism, and psychoanalysis are spoofed in this fast-paced comedy.

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04/02/07
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The President's Analyst is a superior satire on some sacred cows, principally the lightly camouflaged FBI, hippies, psychiatry, liberal and conservative politics -- and the telephone company.

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04/02/07
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Overall it's hilarious stuff, held together by Coburn's tongue-in-cheek performance, one of his best.

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
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06/23/05
Emanuel Levy
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02/08/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Clever political comedy that assumed cult status.

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10/25/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Writer and director Theodore Flicker's satire is modern and biting, and there are many fine, subtle touches in the film.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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plays like a frivolous waste of time when it should have taken a more satirical tack

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05/31/04
Christopher Null
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08/22/03
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07/31/03
Nell Minow
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A clever, cynical and paranoid satire.

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05/24/03
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A cold war comic masterpiece

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09/14/02
Robert Roten
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Laramie Movie Scope

Pretty clever satire that holds up nicely

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08/26/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

The 60s school of improvisational comedy is beautifully preserved in Theodore J. Flicker's film.

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01/01/00
Dave Kehr
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