Man of the Year
“Elections are made to be broken.”
2006 · 1 h 55 min
Cast
Robin Williams 
Laura Linney 
Lewis Black 
Christopher Walken 
Jeff Goldblum 
David Alpay
Credits
Written by: 
Barry Levinson
Plot
A political talk-show comedian runs for president and wins by a computer error, and a programmer tries to expose it.
Sinekatalog’s take
Barry Levinson's political comedy-thriller has a fun Robin Williams but tonal confusion.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.2 / 10 (38,151 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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