A second viewing for me, but I saw it the first time as a kid, so it was unrated. The 1966-1970 period is a very strange one for movies, strongly reflecting the times. So many of these movies are dark comedies, with loose plots, wild slapstick and satire. I'm thinking of movies like Lord Love A Duck and Myra Breckinridge. The President's Analyst is definitely one of the better films of this genre, but it still doesn't really hold up entirely.
Coburn and Cambridge both do good work here though.
As a kid, I remember finding it very revealing that the phone company, which my father worked for, was the ultimate bad guy. And with the One Day At A Time handyman as their robotic head! That plot twist still saves the film from a lower rating.
A 6 rating for not taking itself seriously.
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