Swing Vote (2008) Critic Reviews

This reasonably entertaining movie falters by trying to be both a dark comedy and a sentimental treatise on family and country.Read the full review

Swing Vote isn't exactly a toothless political satire. It's something worse: a satire with dentures.Read the full review

Swing Vote marries mild satire with Capra-esque melodrama in a formula that works surprisingly well.Read the full review

Picture's comic smarts and affecting daddy-daughter drama provide a sturdy platform for its heartfelt advocacy of informed voting and responsible citizenship.Read the full review

Paints a surprisingly sour portrait of nearly all its characters, so much so that even the final-reel redemption rings hollow and forced.Read the full review

The film's not nearly as idiotic as its trailer made it seem, because it's not really about voting, or politics.Read the full review

Costner (who's also a producer) plays to his middle-aged strengths in a role that exaggerates male weaknesses.Read the full review

A mainstream, eager-to-please, relatively generic endeavor, not an auteurist showcase.Read the full review

The mix of comedy and drama is winning; Costner couldn't be better, and the little girl is a find.Read the full review