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A Balasaur Score of 48 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 19%. Audiences rate it 40 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,427 1990s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes19%
Audiences rate it 40 points higher than critics do.
266 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael MooreDirector
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Peter BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- Michael MooreScreenplay
- Michael MooreWriter
Cast
- John CandySheriff Bud B. Boomer
- Alan AldaU.S. President
- Rhea PerlmanDeputy Honey
- Kevin PollakStuart Smiley, National Security Advisor
- Rip TornGeneral Dick Panzer
- Kevin J. O'ConnorRoy Boy
- Bill NunnKabral Jabar
- G.D. SpradlinR.J. Hacker
- Jim BelushiCharles Jackal, NBS Reporter
- Steven WrightRCMP Officer at Headquarters
- Brad SullivanGus, CIA Canada Desk Agent
- Stanley AndersonEdwin S. Simon, NBS News Anchor
Stills
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Themes
the white housepolitical satireinternational relationswar plan red