You won't be disappointed!

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Best movie ever!

Absolutely brilliant

I can understand fully why this Kevin Costner movie fell so far under the radar, if the man has any sense he put it there!It's not that it's a bad film, it's just a mediocre one with one of the most offensively ridiculous concepts of all time.So we have Bud, a redneck and all round failure at life (Especially to his daughter). His daughter registers him to vote but then due to a fault with the voting booth he becomes the "Swing" voter. Namely this hick has the single handed decision who becomes the President of the United States.Yep, THAT dumb.Despite a great cast including Costner, Patton, Tucci, Hopper & Grammer this is a foolish movie. Yes it is highly accurate in it's presentation of politics but lacks in the comedy and simply isn't as dramatic as it aims to be.One for hardcore Costner fans only.The Good:Bill MaherSolid castThe Bad:Laughable representation of the Republican partyConcept is ridiculousToo much FOX "News"Things I Learnt From This Movie:The writers were high on weed when writing the script and somewhere along the way someone was high on crack for giving it the green light!

Even for a movie Swing Vote has a absurd premise. The idea that our democratic voting system can be founded on one man voting is incredibly ludicrous even for the plot line of a movie. Thankfully the movie decides to try and be more then just Kevin Costner (ugh) farting around talking with politicians. The movie instead focuses on his relationship with his daughter. It tries to show the common man's focus on politics. Despite this idea though the movie still doesn't work. The family moments come across as being too cheesy and the movie isn't able to get across it's bizarre premise. Although the movie was better then I expected it to be (which isn't saying much) it's not worth watching. It's a mediocre Costner movie but if you are a fan of his then you've seen worse by him (like The Postman)

In the comedy "Swing Vote" Kevin Costner plays Bud Johnson a slacker and immature guy who holds in his hands the most important decision of all: elect who's gonna be the next President of the United States. That's right. He's the "swing vote" and he has to break the tie between the 2 presidential candidates (played by Kelsey Grammar and Dennis Hopper). And these two running politicians try to convince the only person in the world who can make history by just voting. On the center of the story there's Bud's daughter (played by Madeline Carroll), a very conscious and smart kid who wants his father to make up his mind about the subject because she knows he doesn't care about anything. And she cares a lot about politics!The story is interesting but it is a little bit slick and not much funny. Political comedies tend to be very wise, sometimes dark, other times really funny and "Swing Vote" it's not any of those. it doesn't have the sarcasm of "Bulworth" or it's not funny like "Dave" or so amazing like "Wag the Dog". It has more dramatic qualities than funny ones. It played with politicians and it played with Republicans and Democrats but in the end the movie remained neutral and I think it was a good and a bad choice. Good because it proved a point; bad because it let people guessing some things. The most notable thing that was floating around and missing here was the point of view of the voters from all the 50 states, their voices were missing here and they were necessary. The battle between the candidates was reduced to conquer Bud and gain his vote and these two guys start to change their promises of campaign to obtain Bud's vote. What amazes me is that no one complained about this policy, no one complain about their candidates treason? No anger in knowing that their representants exchanged promises and propositions? The writers missed a good subject during this part and missed the opportunity to create an interesting and thought provoking subplot (but perhaps a more wiser writer notice that and create a great film from here). It is a very watchable film, with great performances from Costner, Madeline the little girl, and Stanley Tucci, Nathan Lane, Paula Patton, George Lopez, Grammar and Hopper. The whole discussion of the importance of voting was very good to see but in a country like mine when you are forced to vote and people tend to act like Bud (a vast majority I'm afraid to say) it might not be too much suitable nor even be funny. The only vote I expect: This review is useful to you? Thank you! 9/10

Ernest "Bud" Johnson, a man of the people, a Good Third Party Independent completely uninformed as to what is going on outside of his own little world of the little town of Texico New Mexico, with a socially conscious daughter Molly , caught up in the Political scene by his innocent daughter, registering him to vote on election day. A strange series of coincidences leaves the classic swing state of New Mexico EVENLY Spilt 50 50 in the popular vote with Bud Johnsons vote the deciding vote , the next ten days to two weeks are the classic roller coaster political ride that neither he nor his daughter had expected. as every debate needs a moderator , KennedY Nixon 1960 to the present, so none is better to moderate than a good man of the people who realizes his faults in life and bellies up to the podium to moderate.