Swing Vote trailer

Comments: 3

100%

by: Ben Barna May. 5, 2008

The trailer for SWING VOTE is up in our video section, and it's one of those strange studio pictures, with the big cast and the high-concept plot that seem to come out of the mist and humble this know-it-all movie journalist (if you can call me that). SWING VOTE has one of those highly realistic plots torn straight from the headlines where one man's vote (Kevin Costner) will decide the next U.S. President. The candidates vying for Costner's affection are played Kelsey Grammer (the current Republican candidate) and Dennis Hopper (Democrat), and their campaign managers by Stanley Tucci and Nathan Lane--who both seem born to play loyal, ratty wingmen. The film comes out August 1st, and clearly got lost in the all the summer pizzaz, but if anyone can lift an average project to unreachable heights, it's Kevin Costner. Am I right, or am I right?

Source: Swing Vote the Movie

Extra Tidbit: Bill Maher, Mary Hart, and Arianna Huffington all appear as themselves.

Remain respectful at all times. No writer abuse. For all corrections, suggestions, criticisms, email us instead.

3 discussions Expand all

Show Oldest First | Newest First | Most Popular

TrailerFreak215
11:20PM on 05/07/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Eh, when I heard the plot, I was pretty excited, and I guess it looks ok. "Pineapple Express" won't be out for another week by then, so I might check it out. I think it looks amusing at worst, and that girl looks a hell of lot less annoying then Abigail Breslin (loved her in LMS, but have strongly disliked her since).

Savyasachi
2:22PM on 05/06/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile

I rem reading about the movie on this very site....!!

HoyleHaw
3:29AM on 05/06/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile

And I wanna say you're right. But I know it's not true. But Costner is damn funny in that trailer. Somehow I figured (despite our current political field) that the party alignment would go the other way, with the plain-spoken Hopper as a Republican. Also because Hopper usually plays the more unsavory one. Anyway, anything that keeps Kevin Costner on this reinvention rebound is a good thing. He spent too much time riding on the coattails of better actors like Sean Connery. The man's got actual skill as an actor, which I only emphasize because growing up he was a running joke as one of the least versatile actors whose movies we liked (the other would be Keanu Reeves, who's also proving to be better than estimated).

Truth be told about this movie, it looks like the next "Man of the Year."

[+] Full Comment

1	George Lucas says that Han did not shoot first (59)
2	The 2011 Golden Schmoes nominees are announced! (37)
3	Rambo: Final Blood? (31)
4	Rob Liefeld says Youngblood comic adaptation is moving forward (21)
5	Henry Cavill to build Great Wall and continue Ed Zwick's "White man helping minorities" fetish (17)
6	This quick look at Dredd might blow you away (16)
7	Danny Trejo is covered in blood splatter on this promo art for Machete Kills (15)
8	Alex Proyas' Paradise Lost film tumbles from the heavens (11)
9	And now the trailer for Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World with Carrell and Knightley (11)
10	Game of Thrones season 2 images enter the realm (9)

1	New Amazing Spider-Man trailer swings into action! (113)
2	Max Landis' nerd rage on the death and return of Superman is too awesome. (67)
3	First official trailer and poster for The Bourne Legacy starring Jeremy Renner (60)
4	George Lucas says that Han did not shoot first (59)
5	Check out Will Smith in these new photos from the set of M. Night Shyamalan's After Earth (45)
6	Super Bowl trailers! Extended! More Hulk! More Battleship! More John Carter! (38)
7	MOVIE POLL: What Spider-Man villain would you most want to see in a potential sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man (38)
8	The 2011 Golden Schmoes nominees are announced! (37)
9	Rambo: Final Blood? (31)
10	Some action-packed, blood-spattering images from Dredd! (29)

1	The 2012 Oscar nominations! (159)
2	New Amazing Spider-Man trailer swings into action! (113)
3	Is Chuck Norris to blame for The Expendables 2 getting a PG-13 rating? (104)
4	New pics from the PG-13 rated version of The Expendables 2! More Beiber! (81)
5	Is this the worst Star Wars trailer of all time? You decide (75)
6	Max Landis' nerd rage on the death and return of Superman is too awesome. (67)
7	Quentin Tarantino releases his Best of 2011 list (67)
8	First official trailer and poster for The Bourne Legacy starring Jeremy Renner (60)
9	George Lucas says that Han did not shoot first (59)
10	DC prepares prequels for Watchmen while Alan Moore shares his disdain (59)

Latest Headlines

Swing Vote trailer | Movie News

Most Popular Movie News

Username:
Password: