Swing Vote

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Critics' Reviews

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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie is a genial comedy, but it has significant undertones. Like some of Frank Capra's pictures.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Swing Vote marries mild satire with Capra-esque melodrama in a formula that works surprisingly well.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
Swing Vote is messy and its targets are relatively safe. But its aim is true. And Costner's performance hits the bull's-eye.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
This reasonably entertaining movie falters by trying to be both a dark comedy and a sentimental treatise on family and country.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
A maddeningly indistinct picture.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Costner (who's also a producer) plays to his middle-aged strengths in a role that exaggerates male weaknesses.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Manohla Dargis
A mainstream, eager-to-please, relatively generic endeavor, not an auteurist showcase.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Laura Yao
The film's not nearly as idiotic as its trailer made it seem, because it's not really about voting, or politics.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
Swing Vote falls from agreeable fable into wan satire.Read Full Review »
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Slate: Dana Stevens
Swing Vote isn't exactly a toothless political satire. It's something worse: a satire with dentures.Read Full Review »
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