Head of State (Full Frame) PG-13

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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 35 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: August 12, 2003
  • Originally Released: 2003
  • Label: Dreamworks Video

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 55,875
Rock is a man who continues to perpetuate stereotypes for the price of "comedy" and continues making one terrible film after the other. Full Review
Cinema Crazed
Apr 1, 2014
Rating: C+ -- The film is much like the wannabe candidate foiled by the primaries. You can't help but think what could have been, if only the movie had gotten off on the right foot. Full Review
Bowling Green Daily News
Nov 15, 2019
...Wickedly cynical about the American electoral system....Chris Rock is a smart, fast-talking comedian with an edge...
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 28, 2003
Not the sharpest political humor I've ever heard, but it gets my vote for the stupidest fun I've had in a long time. Full Review
Washington Post
Mar 28, 2003
Though the comedy falls short of a debacle -- which is what such egocentric projects tend to be -- it isn't as sharp, fast or funny as Rock's stand-up routines.
Washington Post
Mar 28, 2003
Chris Rock suffers from painful verbal constipation in this PG-13 clunker. Hollywood, make it NC-17 when Chris and Bernie run for re-election.
Low IQ Canadian
Jul 18, 2004
Rating: 1/4 -- Not merely satisfied with stereotyping whites, Rock insists on taking shots at blacks, fat people, poor people and even spina bifida patients.
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Sep 20, 2004

Product Description:

Celebrated comedian-writer-actor-talk show host Chris Rock can now add film director to his resume. Cowritten by Rock and Ali LeRoi, HEAD OF STATE follows an unassuming Washington D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam (Rock), as he finds himself embroiled in a presidential election. Just weeks before the nation is about to elect a new president, one of the top candidates is killed in a plane crash. Plotting a future run in 2008, Senator Bill Arnot (James Rebhorn) convinces his staff--Debra Lassiter (Lynn Whitfield) and Martin Geller (Dylan Baker)--to pick a replacement who has no chance of winning. But he gets more than he bargained for when he selects Mays. At first merely thankful to be in the spotlight, Mays plays the puppet, but eventually, he uses his power to actually say something meaningful. And when he selects his bail bondsman brother, Mitch (Bernie Mac), to be his running mate, everyone is shocked to discover that Mays is giving the people exactly what they want. Rock uses his natural ability to blend humor and substance as a director, resulting in an entertaining film that pushes buttons without leaving too deep a mark.

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  • UPC: 678149071627
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