The American President (1995)
It's strange to see Martin Sheen in an Aaron Sorkin political drama and not playing the President. He's so amazing as President Bartlett on The West Wing that it's hard to see him as anything else. That being said, Michael Douglass as President Shepherd is also a pretty great president. Sorkin writes political drama better than anyone else and this movie certainly does not disappoint. It's been so long since America has had a President who was single that the story seems like a fairy tale, but when it's actually examined, it's probably a pretty realistic portrayal. A President probably would lose popularity for having a girlfriend and the extreme right certainly would attack him if he had said girlfriend spend the night. Well done, Aaron Sorkin!
My Netflix rating: 4 stars
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