{"id":6910,"date":"2019-05-02T20:15:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T20:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=6910"},"modified":"2019-05-06T19:11:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T19:11:45","slug":"right-or-left-these-7-political-comedies-will-win-your-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/best-political-comedies\/","title":{"rendered":"Right Or Left, These 7 Political Comedies Will Win Your Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

With political division seeming to be at a record high in the United States, there’s little that people can agree on these days, that is, beyond the importance of seeing\u00a0<\/span>Avengers: Endgame<\/span><\/i>\u00a0opening weekend<\/span><\/a>. However, we’re all united in our love for a good comedy \u2013 and we all probably need a laugh with all the real-world strife. With\u00a0<\/span>Long Shot<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0arriving in theaters this weekend, here are movies that don\u2019t take politics too seriously, whether they\u2019re cynical in their satirization of government or they\u2019re hopeful about the inner workings of Washington.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Caveat: The politicians in the films on this list skew almost exclusively white and male, but for decades, so did politics.\u00a0<\/span>Long Shot<\/span><\/i>\u00a0features Charlize Theron\u2019s Secretary of State character running for this country\u2019s highest office, so films are evolving to better represent the population, just as the candidates and elected officials are off-screen as well.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The American President (1995)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

While most of these comedies take a satirical look at Washington,\u00a0<\/span>The American President<\/span><\/i>\u00a0is as sincere as you\u2019d expect from writer Aaron Sorkin, a.k.a. the man who went on to make the idealistic\u00a0<\/span>West Wing<\/span><\/i>. Widowed world leader Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) is in the midst of a reelection campaign, but a romance with lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening) threatens to derail the possibility of a second term. All the normal romcom misunderstandings make an appearance, but there\u2019s a particular delight in watching the most powerful man in the world struggle to handle the basics of (then) modern dating. Not everything has aged well with this Rob Reiner-directed film, but President Shepherd\u2019s final speech to win back the girl \u2013 and ultimately the country \u2013 is as effectively rousing as ever. You won\u2019t know whether to text the person you love or go to the polls (you can do both).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. In The Loop (2009)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n