Head of State 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
Rating: 3/5 -- Chris Rock runs for president. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Dec 24, 2010
...There are some lively comic moments...
USA Today
Mar 28, 2003
...There's a lot of exuberant, nutty, try-it-and-move-on stuff spread around....Blithe and fearless in talking about race...
Entertainment Weekly
Apr 4, 2003
Rating: 2.5/5 -- '...Along comes Chris Rock with "Head of State", a mild comedy...' Full Review
Film Threat
Mar 31, 2005
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
Rating: 2/4 -- A missed opportunity.
Rolling Stone
Apr 10, 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

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: 678149066227
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