Review – Dave

I would love to have been at the pitch meeting for this script. “Okay, it’s a remake of Kurosawa’s Kagemusha, only it’s a light comedy!” And the studio funded it anyway. Wow. I suppose this made it onto HBO during the Clinton impeachment hearings (when I saw it) due to the parallels between the sex lives of the President in this movie and the real President. Sidelights include several cameos by politicians and political wonks, not to mention Ving Rhames with hair. Predictably enough, it gets a little sappy. But all things considered, it’s not too bad. Worth seeing