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First Family
Remember when comedy was King... Now he's President.
1980 · 1h 37m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Buck Henry
Overview
When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.
Director and cast
- Buck Henry Director
- Gilda Radner as Gloria Link
- Bob Newhart as President Manfred Link
- Madeline Kahn as Constance Link
- Richard Benjamin as Press Secretary Bunthorne
- Bob Dishy as Vice-President Shockley
- Harvey Korman as U.N. Ambassador Spender
- Austin Pendleton as Dr. Alexander Grade
- William Sylvester Cast
- Rip Torn Cast
- Bobby Porter Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
20%
Tomatometer
Fresh
[First Family] has sequences that are side-splittingly funny, others that are sublimely cheerful and still others that, like the movie itself, simply don't know how to end.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
Unfunny farce about an inept president, his alcoholic wife and their motley family and aides.
Washington Post
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