Head of State
Can a high-attitude African-American politician who says what he thinks stand a chance in a presidential campaign? Follow a low-level Washington, D.C., public servant, Mays Gilliam, on his way to catch on with the public.
1980, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
3 October 1961, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
13 September 1953, New York, USA
4 June 1956, Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
28 May 1977, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
5 October 1957, Chicago, Illinois, USA
13 January 1957, New York City, New York, USA
2 April 1971, Fort Rucker, Alabama, USA
21 April 1972, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
27 November 1964, New York City, New York, USA
17 December 1939, Brooklyn, New York, USA
March 31, 2005
'...Along comes Chris Rock with "Head of State", a mild comedy...'
April 01, 2003
It's pretty much a toothless dog.
March 28, 2003
Though the comedy falls short of a debacle -- which is what such egocentric projects tend to be -- it isn't as sharp, fast or funny as Rock's stand-up routines.
September 20, 2004
Not merely satisfied with stereotyping whites, Rock insists on taking shots at blacks, fat people, poor people and even spina bifida patients.
April 01, 2014
Rock is a man who continues to perpetuate stereotypes for the price of "comedy" and continues making one terrible film after the other.
April 10, 2003
A missed opportunity.
March 31, 2003
... I liked this premise in movies like Dave, or the Eddie Murphy movie The Distinguished Gentleman, where the unknown or the underdog becomes the candidate or even the president, but this is so poorly done.
December 24, 2010
Chris Rock runs for president.
January 26, 2004
Although a reheated formula, Head of State dishes out a few original laughs due to in part to the writing of Chris Rock.
March 28, 2003
Not the sharpest political humor I've ever heard, but it gets my vote for the stupidest fun I've had in a long time.
July 18, 2004
Chris Rock suffers from painful verbal constipation in this PG-13 clunker. Hollywood, make it NC-17 when Chris and Bernie run for re-election.
March 29, 2003
As a TV sitcom pilot, Head of State might have potential, but, on a multiplex screen, the execution (if not the premise) is thin.
