Rotten
Levinson has written and directed in many genres. But rarely has he made a film as indecisive and diffident as Man of the Year.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Man of the Year
Elections are made to be broken.
2006 · 1h 55m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Barry Levinson
Overview
The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corruption in Washington. His stunt goes further than he expects when he actually wins the election, but a software engineer suspects that a computer glitch is responsible for his surprising victory.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
21%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A surprisingly complex and dark satire that skewers the media as well as the political process.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
Man of the Year makes telling points and has a lot to say, but it loses its voice along with its consistency around the mid-way point, and that will likely make it an also-ran in the box office race.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
It's a comedy, a political thriller, a love story: Barry Levinson's Man of the Year tries to be all things to all people and fails on every count -- a little like the generic, ineffectual politicians it's pretending to excoriate.
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Rotten
A few observations about the hollowness of party politics, plus Robin Williams doing lots of funny shtick as a Jon Stewart-like comic running for president, have been thrown together with low regard for logic or consistent tone.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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