The Final Days (2000)

A Masterpiece!

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Ah, a simpler time. When there's a president now who's skipping the White House Correspondents' Dinner, resurrecting a sinister phrase in history, "enemy of the people", to disparage the free press, the dinner from 17 years ago left us with an artifact delightful from start to finish. Bill Clinton stars as himself in The Final Days, satirizing the "lame duck" issue. It's hard to stop laughing throughout the short, seeing the President of the United States washing his own car, trimming his own garden after Al Gore speaks of his legacy in green spaces. What kind of President would submit himself to the indignity of a short like this? A President with a sense of humour about himself and life in general, a jovial personality who wants to put people at ease at an event like a media dinner.Makes up for Clinton not actually acting in Contact (1997)!

This is a very funny little film about the last days of Bill Clinton being the president of the USA. He is very bored and down and is looking for some things to fill his time and cheer him up. Even Kevin Spacey turns up for a funny cameo. Very funny, 9/10.

This snippet of hilarity, directed by Phil Rosenthal (who directs the TV series "Everybody Loves Raymond"), wryly details the lame-duck final days of Bill Clinton's presidency. There's the President reading "Entertainment Weekly" while the laundry is on spin-cycle. There's the President dealing with environmental issues by clipping the White House hedges. There's the President running after a limousine carrying Hillary, who's forgotten the brown-bag lunch he's prepared. An SNL-type skit produced with wit and style, it showcases the Clinton charm that both his friends and foes readily acknowledge.I caught PRESIDENT CLINTON: FINAL DAYS on C-SPAN, which was running the White House Correspondents' Dinner where the film premiered. I have since suggested to the Democratic National Committee that it should sell the video as a fund-raiser; I would certainly buy a copy!

...is that he has a sense of humor, and isn't above poking a little fun about himself. This little gem of a short film was made for a White House press dinner, and really does star President Clinton--not a celebrity impersonator. Not to be missed!