Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) is Secretary of State and has ambitions of running for President. Her boss, President Chambers (Bob Odenkirk), had played president on TV and loves to watch reruns of his glory days. In fact, he has decided not to run for re-election so he can establish a movie career. He is not averse to offering his support for her candidacy. At this key moment, Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) re-enters Charlotte's life. She had been his babysitter, which is weird in flashback. He's 13 and she's 16. Huh. Fred is an unemployed reporter with a drug habit. Oh, Seth Rogen as a pot smoker? This is my shocked face. :| Despite the wise counsel of all her advisers, Charlotte hires Fred as a speechwriter. Charlotte is entranced by Fred glowing memories of her high school campaign for class president. Yeah, the hyper-successful woman jumps in the sack with this unkempt doper. If it played as a true comedy, that might work. Instead, Charlotte is an environmental activist with a Bees, Trees, and Seas agenda that is getting chipped away by political realities. Ugh. And Fred is an absolutist who loses faith in her for cutting deals. Ugh. This is a comedy, right? The movie has lots of profanity, some drug use (including by the Secretary of State who is running for President), cringe-inducing masturbation (meant to be funny), and a completely unconvincing love story. This is a comedy, right?
Best avoided.
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