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Swing Vote

One ordinary guy is giving the candidates a reason to run.

No, I've never voted on American Idol before.

In an American election, a young girl tries to do her deadbeat dad's civic duty and vote. However the computer malfunctions, meaning the vote was not registered. Now, he has to vote again, but more importantly, his vote will determine the winner of the national poll. Both candidates, and the media, descend on his trailer. He enjoys the attention, and decides to do the right thing by his loving daughter and clean his act up.

120 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 10 (Language)
Comedy.

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Credits
Cast	Kevin Costner, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez
Director	Joshua Michael Stern
Screenplay	Jason Richman, Joshua Michael Stern
Music	John Debney
Cinematography	Shane Hurlbut
Editing	Jeff McEvoy
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2008
Produced by	Treehouse Films, G&M Films, 1821 Pictures, Radar Pictures, Tig Productions, Touchstone Pictures
SA Distributor	Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Comedy
Language	Mild, fairly frequent, low impact
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarKirk Honeycutt	5
Die BurgerJacques Liebenberg	10
Cape TimesMichael Phillips	5
iAfrica.comGideon Nieuwoudt	5
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	5
24.comNatalie Sineke	5
International Media
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	15
eye Weekly (Canada)Chandler Levack	10
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	15
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs	8
Metacritic.com29 critics	9
RottenTomatoes.com113 critics	10
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	8
Internet (IMDB)1443 Netizens	12

Average .. 44%	8

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