Dave
1993's DAVE is another of those wish fulfilment stories that dares to imagine a President of the United States who actually tries to help his public. Who is caring and honest and wants to do the right thing. Maybe several of them in the real world had those intentions, but, you know how it goes. In movies like this and THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT and the television program The West Wing, the very highest of public servants reveals a humanity that isn't always apparent in their real life counterparts. We may scoff at how unrealistic they are portrayed in fiction, how simplistic their sketches. But in an era of Trump and others who don't exactly resemble our composites of the ideal candidate, a movie like DAVE is a real tonic. Gary Ross' screenplay stretches implausibility to its breaking point, yet within it, it all seems like it could happen. This is a very well plotted movie. It so happens that an Everyman named Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline) looks just like the current P
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