The American President

1995 • 113 minutes

About this movie

Academy Award-winner MICHAEL DOUGLAS ("Traffic," "Wonder Boys") is the widowed president of the United States, whose budding romance with environmental lobbyist ANNETTE BENING ("American Beauty," "Mars Attacks!") leads to both personal and political problems. This Oscar-nominated romantic comedy from award-winning director Rob Reiner ("When Harry Met Sally...," "The Princess Bride") co-stars triple Emmy-winners MICHAEL J. FOX (the "Stuart Little" movies, the "Back to the Future" trilogy) and MARTIN SHEEN (TV's "The West Wing," "Apocalypse Now"). With Academy Award-winner RICHARD DREYFUSS ("Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"), JOHN MAHONEY (TV's "Frasier," "The Iron Giant"), Oscar-nominee DAVID PAYMER ("State and Main," the "City Slickers" movies), and SAMANTHA MATHIS (TV's "The Mists of Avalon," "Broken Arrow"). MPAA Rating: PG-13 (c) 1995 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Ratings and reviews

The American President is the real deal, a movie that recaptures the magic of Capraesque cinema, a dramatic comedy with great heart, soul and spirit that entertains and uplifts and imparts life lessons wrapped in sugar and beautiful storytelling.

Annette Benning and Micheal Douglas have the hottest on-screen chemistry since pairs like Richard Geare and Julie Roberts and Dirty Dancing. They really push the bar on excellent character development and emotional.performances. This is definitely a classic to be enjoyed over and over again!

By the same team that created A Few Good Men. This political rom-com is a shouldn't miss. Reiner teams Michael Douglas and Annette Benning together and deliver Sorkin's always great banter.