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Great Film overall

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

My Fellow Americans (1996): Dir: Peter Segal / Cast: Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, John Heard: Missed opportunity that rehashes road movie clichés. Title regards unity that must be set by two ex-presidents who do not seem to agree on anything. Jack Lemmon and James Garner play two former Presidents who hate each other but are brought together when scandal threatens their lives. What follows are typical clichés where they bicker before a predictable outcome. Director Peter Segal does well but he has made funnier movies such as The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult. Here the final insult comes at the hands of the screenwriter whose only aid is the effective leads. The production values are cheap and mainly rely on the two leads to spark any life into it. Lemmon and Garner form a fine chemistry. Lemmon is the money saver while Garner is a ladies man. Together they not only must band together, but they also face the harsh reality of life outside the White House. Dan Aykroyd is flat as the current President and Lauren Bacall as a former First Lady utters a few good one liners but otherwise she is underused. The film contains an inspiring message or reality check regarding society and its condition beyond the campaigns. Unfortunately it is a cliché filled road movie less entertaining than a campaign speech. Score: 4 / 10

This is actually a fairly good comedy. Great cast too! The political satire is quite good. My only complaint is: Why is this movie not available in widescreen? When it played it theaters it was almost certainly at least 1:85.1 if not not 2:35.1 format. Come on Warner Brothers, please make this movie available in widescreen, or better yet, widescreen Blu Ray. This says that my review must have TEN LINES! I've already said what I needed to say, why is it necessary to write a minimum of ten lines when what I wanted to say can be said in about half of that? This seems to FORCE reviewers to be much more wordy than necessary. Be sure to watch the "bloopers" in the special features, they are hilarious. Jack Lemmon could NOT stop laughing! Still not enough? Okay, to summarize: good movie, under-rated. Should be available in widescreen though. Blu Ray widescreen would be best.

Political comedies can be notoriously difficult to comprehend and/or stomach at the best of times, but this is a gem. Lemmon and Garner play it strictly for laughs, and hit the target on almost every occasion.The script may not be particularly subtle, and there is a propensity for cheap laughs with mildly foul language (save one utterance of an F word) - but there are some big big belly laughs to be had, not just in the witty script but also some nicely staged slapstick moments.A woeful bit of CGI when our two heroes are supposed to be on horseback is the only black mark against the production values - the pace is slick, the writing witty and inventive, the punchlines come thick and fast - and there's hardly a moment that comes anywhere near giving you 'the red ass'! Rent/buy and enjoy!

Well, its close to the time of changing presidents and this movie sprung to my mind to watch. "My Fellow Americans" is a great movie simply due to the team of Jack Lemmon and James Garner. As the two feuding ex-presidents they make this movie. Nothing is more comical than watching the two forced to sort through a recent scandal, along with an assassination plot on their lives, all the while a respect happens between the two, yet their disdain for each other adds to the hilarity of the movie. Lemmon and Garner not only carry the movie, you almost think of them as actually being former Presidents of the United States. It is a movie to just sit back and enjoy, a funny spin on American politics at it's best.