Williams' character is named Tom Dobbs and his nearest competitor has double Gs, so the computer selects Tom Dobbs at every poll. When Linney's character sends her bosses an email telling them there's a problem they lie to her and send back reassurance that the problem is being dealt with. On election night while watching the results she realizes they are the exact same returns that came up in her tests that showed the bug existed.

Well, I already told you what happened when she went to her bosses with her concerns and the movie proceeds along fairly predictable turns and safe liberal platitudes. We know that Williams' character is going to do the right thing just because this is an American liberal film where gee whiz the corporate baddies are the evil ones but there's really nothing wrong with the politicians.

It's a type of Frank Capra movie for the 21st century and you know that everything is going to turn out all right in the end. A far more interesting movie would have had Robin Williams deciding to be President in spite of believing the revelations and going on to be one of the best leaders America ever had, in spite of the fact he hadn't been elected.

Jeff Goldblum as one of the corporate sleazes has one of the best speeches in the film where he says what matters most is that the impression is given that the system works, not that the system works. Nobody is ever going know that the person who should have won didn't, but it doesn't matter because everybody will believe that he did.

What elevates The Man Of The Year from being just another feel good movie are the performances. Robin Williams is of course just playing a variation on himself, but since that's what he does best, he is brilliant. The best part of the movie, as far as his participation is concerned, are his campaign speeches where he is given free rein of his formidable improvisational talents. The only problem is that they are a heck of a lot more abrasive than the rest of the movie.

His comments that Senators should wear advertising slogans like NASCAR race cars is brilliant – this seat is bought and paid for by Enron on the suit jacket of a Senator would certainly let the American public know who their representatives truly represent. Perhaps a Warren Beatty/ Robin Williams ticket for President and Vice President wouldn't be such a bad thing – at least state dinners would be a lot more fun to attend and speeches would be a lot more interesting.