Not only was this a great political satire, but this movie was a great comedy movie, that had an outstanding comedic performance from Kevin Costner. This movie was a very fun movie, though towards the end it did have some slow parts, for it becomes a drama movie towards the end. Overall this movie was one of those movies where the movie is way different than the trailer, so do not let the trailer be your final judgment on whether or not to watch this movie, for i came into the special sneak preview of this movie with very low expectations, and found myself surprised for i started to love the movie after only watching the first five minutes. Anyway this was a great movie to watch, and it is appropriate enough for kids, even there is some mild language.

Swing Vote, this movie is good for general audiences. Bud Johnson (Kevin Costner) played the part of a beer drinking no job, down and out person with a daughter Molly (Madeline Carroll) that he loved. Molly managed to get Bud involved in the voting process without him knowing. A malfunction in the voting machine allowed Bud to vote again. With a tie between the two candidates, Bud held the winning vote. The story line was predictable, no surprises. Bud became famous by the news media and got a taste of the underhanded political system. I give this movie an average rating.

[From an advance preview:] The ads didn?t make this look very good-- but the ads were MISLEADING (just like the politicians inhabiting this film!) MADELINE CARROLL does a top quality job playing Molly, young-but-mature daughter to her slacker dad ?Bud? (KEVIN COSTNER). With surprisingly-believable details, Bud?s shown to be an ?uncounted? vote that will help determine a Presidential election between vapid, superficial incumbent Boone (KELSEY GRAMMER) and challenger Greenleaf (DENNIS HOPPER). It?s both very funny and realistically SCARY the way both parties & their two-faced managers keep changing their basic ?positions? to try to get Bud?s vote. I have deep disdain for nearly all politicians (most being members of ?Hypocrites ?R Us?), & this film astutely shows WHY many people tend to feel that way nowadays. While it?s not great, I think so highly of this movie due to an inherent THOUGHT-PROVOKING cleverness in the surprisingly skilled way the story is handled by all involved.

I just left a free preview and could not finish the whole thing. I NEVER walk out on movies! This one is so impossibly slow and simple that I found myself wishing for open heart surgery. This movie makes rural America seem stupid, out of touch, and uncaring about anything but themselves and their alcohol. They portray candidates bribing Bud for votes...and then because of some half baked remark he makes one of the candidates renig on all of his constituents and political ideals. Democrats now support ProLife, Republicans now support Same sex marriage...all to get one vote. I don't really care how the politician's get portrayed because they all seem to do whatever it takes to get a vote, and I definitely don't care about the mass media's control of the movie..because that's reality. This movie is nothing more than a product placement advertising and a plug for MSNBC. Bill Maher's comments just prove he's even an idiot in a movie. This movie will make you dumber by the second

I loved Swing Vote because it made me laugh a lot and that's what I look for in a movie. It also has a happy ending. I don't agree with many other viewers who say they don't like the ending. Think about what has happened to the characters "Bud" and his daughter "Molly" and it is a positive ending. It's not a serious political movie, but it does produce great laughs and later on emotion. All the actors were excellent, especially Molly, Kevin, and Kesey Grammer, and the "news woman". She was very good too. It's an unrealistic story, but so is Spiderman. For shear entertainment I say it's a must go.