Ohhh, boy!

Long Shot — 4/5 (rewatch)

This mostly-forgotten movie is a banger. I know the field of presidential comedies is thin, but this is the second best movie in the genre. (#1 being 'Dave', obvs (and Dave is also a top 50 movie of all time.)) It's got a low-key, relaxing charm throughout, and very clear chemistry between Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron. Their coupling isn't forced on us, it just happens naturally. She particularly is a revelation—I wouldn't say she's a great comedienne, but I think she understands comedy and timing well, and the movie knows well enough to not play her as outright funny. She's got Signourney Weaver in 'Dave' vibes—the class, the elegance, the stature—but even more comedic. Seth Rogen, in some sense, is the most annoying version of his character, loud, anxious, but the match-up works wonders to offset the other; he makes her more interesting, and she calms down his on-edges. A TBS New Classic, infinitely rewatchable, "a movie they don't make no more" (they do, people just don't watch it, and culture has lost the love-by-attrition that comes with playing a movie repeatedly on cable television. 'Dave' would have been just as passed over had it came out today.)