Rotten
Using talent of this order on a script this weak, along with merely decorative appearances by the likes of Lauren Bacall and Wilford Brimley, amounts to the Hollywood equivalent of government waste.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
My Fellow Americans
A comedy about life, liberty and the pursuit of two ex-presidents.
1996 · 1h 41m · PG-13
Comedy
Directed by
Peter Segal
Overview
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.
Director and cast
- Peter Segal Director
- Jack Lemmon as President Russell P. Kramer
- James Garner as President Matt Douglas
- Dan Aykroyd as President William Haney
- John Heard as Vice President Ted Matthews
- Wilford Brimley as Joe Hollis
- Lauren Bacall as Margaret Kramer
- Sela Ward as Kaye Griffin
- Everett McGill as Col. Paul Tanner
- Bradley Whitford as Carl Witnaur
- James Rebhorn as Charlie Reynolds
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
48%
Tomatometer
Rotten
As political satire, My Fellow Americans makes a poor candidate.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
Yes, it's Grumpy Old Presidents, in which most of the comedy comes from the supposed shock of hearing two senior citizens cursing at each other in terms Beavis and Butt-head would find inelegant.
Dave Kehr, New York Daily News
Rotten
I'd cheerfully vote the writers, director and producers of My Fellow Americans out of office.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Rotten
The movie suggests we get the government we deserve, but do we really deserve this movie?
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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