| Director: | Peter Segal |
| Writers: | E. Jack Kaplan, Richard Chapman and Peter Tolan |
| Director of Photography: | Julio Macat |
| Editor: | William Kerr |
| Music: | William Ross |
| Production Designer: | James Bissell |
| Producer: | Jon Peters |
| Warner Bros.; PG-13; 101 minutes |
| Release: | 12/96 |
| Cast: | Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard and Everett McGill |
 My Fellow Americans Warner Bros. |
One for the Geritol crowd,
My Fellow Americans relies on geriatric zingers to keep a dull script moving. The enthusiastic performances of Lemmon and Garner inject zest into the political farce, making the film a somewhat enjoyable road trip. The entire premise reminds us of how much faith we've lost in the White House, as if anyone needs reminding. With a scandal brewing in the White House, President William Haney (Aykroyd) plans to implicate his two predecessors, Republican Russell P. Kramer (Lemmon) and his Democratic rival Matthew Douglas (Garner). But Haney wants them dead so they can't expose him. Haney tries to hasten their demise by staging a plane crash. Kramer and Douglas barely escape and begin a journey through the heartland dodging Haney's operatives and each other's barbs. While on the lam, the carping former chief executives rely on the commonplace citizens they ignored while in office.
