clever zinger comes along. Underlying all of this is a rather frightening commentary on the inane tone of US elections, in which candidates hurl ludicrous invective at each other while pretending to take the high road. And the electorate just gobbles it up. So it's a shame that the script wimps out in the end. The brilliantly cast but underused Lithgow and Aykroyd provide handy villains who are even more shamelessly repugnant than the candidates, who of course must be redeemed through corny sentiment. And while much of the humour feels eerily dead-on, the over-the-top antics rely on shock value for laughs. Which is kind of a con when the movie turns out to have such a gooey centre.