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At first view, this looks one of Hollywood’s freakier genetic experiments: implanting the genes of a political thriller into a road-trip comedy. The surpise is that the offspring is not honest viable, but a safe healthy comedy. It surely helps to have two fathers like James Garner and Jack Lemmon bringing it to life.
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They play the roles of two ex-presidents, living out their retirements in their respective ways: grubbing every dollar to be had on the lecture circuit (Lemmon), or grabbing every babe to be had (Garner) . Dan Aykroyd, improbably cast as the recent president, detects a scandal brewing and tries to nail it to the previous administration. Garner and Lemmon, one-time political opponents, are thrown together and the swagger begins.
The comedy comes largely from the series of cheap shots and wrong recollections the two hurl at each other. The feel-good fragment comes from their bonding over shared experiences as past presidents, under the pressure of pursuit. The political thriller builds as the hired guns maintain trying to slay the ex-pres, and to bury the scandal with him. As long as you’re not looking for any large subtlety, it works.
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It’s a bit goofy, but it’s a trustworthy, ample comedy with honest enough status twists to maintain it from becoming completely predictable. It couldn’t have worked without Garner and Lemmon in the lead roles, though - their experience in such roles is what made the movie work.
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First of all, I don’t know how the critic, Mr. Keogh, could possibly call this a “lousy” film! I’m a enormous fan of Garner and Lemmon, two of the all-time greats. This movie is one hilarious joke after another, with some serious moments thrown in for suitable measure. It certainly is a heck of a lot better than some of the garbage hailed by critics as masterpieces; it’s a straightforward, non-stop intriguing affair, one that makes you feel as though you got your money’s worth after watching it. The supporting cast is grand, too, with Bacall, Heard, Ackroyd, and others putting in some solid performances.