First Daughter – Date mit Hindernissen (2004)

First Daughter – Date mit Hindernissen: Directed by Forest Whitaker. With Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas, Amerie, Michael Keaton. The daughter of the U.S. President heads off to college where she falls for a graduate student with a secret.

“I went to see u0026quot;First Daughteru0026quot; strictly as a fan of the TV series where the two leads gained their first fame, Katie Holmes from u0026quot;Dawsonu0026#39;s Creeku0026quot; and Marc Blucas from u0026quot;Buffy the Vampire Killer,u0026quot; but both were better served by those shows. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI assume that writer Jerry Ou0026#39;Connell originally came up with the story as a vehicle for himself and his goofiness might have helped lighten up the atmosphere, though the quick closing consideration of the impact on the guyu0026#39;s career was actually kind of touching if muddled.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut the script seems as if it were dusted off from a 30 year old pile, with a couple of contemporary references to security issues and a couple of hip hop tunes added to the soundtrack in a lame attempt to update it. And I havenu0026#39;t even seen the other theatrical and TV films that follow the same Washingtonizing version of u0026quot;Roman Holiday.u0026quot; The California college the daughter attends seems out of u0026quot;Animal Houseu0026quot; where thereu0026#39;s why may more parties than classes. Why would she think a probably illegal use of Air Force One to fly to a boring black-tie dinner-dance would be a treat for her college friends? u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhile Margaret Colin is an excellent visual match as Holmesu0026#39;s mother, weu0026#39;re so used these days to seeing older men-young chicks match-ups on screen that Michael Keatonu0026#39;s attentions to his daughter didnu0026#39;t seem paternal.”