Written by Ken Hixon and David Titcher, Directed by Alan Smithee* (Paul Aaron)
Starring: Jon Cryer, Viveca Davis, Paul Gleason, Nicholas Pryor, Lynn Redgrave
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Written by Ken Hixon and David Titcher, Directed by Alan Smithee* (Paul Aaron) Starring: Jon Cryer, Viveca Davis, Paul Gleason, Nicholas Pryor, Lynn Redgrave |
It`s been a year since he lost Molly to that rich boy Andrew, but the Duckman has moved on to a tony prep school and acquired a set of Old Money `rents in this, his latest adventure.
Having been shuttled between boarding schools, catered vacations and the like, while being almost completely ignored by his power-driven parents, Jon is pleased to be called home to the family`s Virginia hunt country estate from his latest foreign post for what he hopes will be a closer relationship with them. However, it turns out that they need him for PR purposes for an upcoming difficult campaign to retain the well-meaning father`s Senate seat. The shrewish mother and the slick political aide are the true evil ones here. (Think better- looking and classier versions of Hillary Clinton and James Carville!)
Jon is virtually imprisoned, lest he disturb the carefully planned campaign strategy and inadvertently undermine the family`s finely-honed image. When he meets a real girl, a fellow horror film connoisseur, the stuff really hits the fan for the political schemers, and the puppet Senator, not knowing much, fails to respond at first.
When Jon finally rebels and enlists the help of his new girl, they accidentally discover that the top aide has conspired against the Senator, retrieve the evidence, and manage to present it just in time to the press, after much hijinx, preventing Dad from being forced to drop out of the race on false charges.
The family is now close and united, and Jon gets the girl.
Trivia: *Alan Smithee is an industry psuedonym for a creative person who feels that his vision has been unduly trampled upon by a producer or studio. It is rarely invoked, thus making it notable when used. YMP fails to detect any major defect here, but neither did he work on this project. Also, observant webfans will note that when Jon is driving to his girlfriend`s house for a family dinner in the sporty roadster he`d stolen from dear old Dad, he`s driving on the Mall in Washington, D.C. No, not Independence Avenue or Constituition Avenue which border this monumental ground, but on the macadam of the Mall itself. Check it out if you`ve ever been there in person.
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