Kevin Costner: Working class hero ... Says New York establishment

I think Kevin Costner is one of the two most underrated actors in Hollywood (the other being Jeff Daniels, but he's not vilified, so I'll save his defense for later).

That being said, I thought I would be alone in thinking Swing Vote would have some redeeming quality, even though on its surface its summary is absolutely stupid: One man decides presidential race, yeah right.

Well, looks like the New York Times has my back. The movie holds up a mirror to a political process where politicians forget who they are to mumble a party line, and how and why our American everyman (played by Costner) has dropped out of the process. It tries to be comedy, but it's undertones are serious, and spot-on. Yes, the New York Times said all that.

So why is this on the business blog?

Because it seems like this is what the review is saying: In order to tell the story of the breakdown in the political process, you need to first tell the story of one every working man (or woman) who has been left behind. He is the backbone of this story, and when he breaks, America comes falling down. I kind of like that a Hollywood movie respects that notion.

I think I have a movie to see ...