This is what politics should be! Bipartisanship to the max. And anything unpleasant is funny for most of us. Jack Lemmon and James Garner play ex-presidents Russell Kramer and Matt Douglas, who find themselves embroiled in a murder plot and have to go on the lam. Along the way, they keep bickering, and Douglas tells a Mexican immigrant an unsavory story about Kramer (I was twelve when the movie came out, and...well, let's just say that it's the sort of thing that would make a twelve-year-old laugh hysterically). Dan Aykroyd plays Pres. William Haney with all the sliminess that one would associate with a politician.
Among other things, "My Fellow Americans" shows that Lemmon and Garner still could put on great performances even in their elder years, and so could Lauren Bacall, as Kramer's wife Margaret. Admittedly, the whole movie is pretty silly, but there's never a dull moment in any part of it. God bless America!
Among other things, "My Fellow Americans" shows that Lemmon and Garner still could put on great performances even in their elder years, and so could Lauren Bacall, as Kramer's wife Margaret. Admittedly, the whole movie is pretty silly, but there's never a dull moment in any part of it. God bless America!