First Daughter

Plot synopsis:
Kasemiire grows up in poverty. But her father is able to send her and her siblings to school. This he does, amidst scorn from other men who thinks all a woman has to do is to work in the kitchen. Kasemiire gets pregnant in school and is abandoned by the father of her child. Kasemire has to work to support herself and her child. She impresses a politician who offers to help her by taking her to work in the city. Things do not go to plan after the politicians's husband tries to rape her. Kasemiire seeks refuge from the church, where with the help of a sympathetic nun, she goes back to school under their care. She goes up to university. It is at the university that she meets the father of her child and then the hatred she had concealed comes to the surface.

Tags: melodrama

Review:
Samantha Mackenzie (Katie Holmes), the daughter of President Mackenzie (Michael Keaton) and his wife Melanie (Margaret Collin), decides to go to college in California during his tough campaign for reelection.
She requests a reduced secret service protection trying to act normal with her new mates, including her roommate Mia Thompson (Amerie), and she falls in love for James Lansome (Marc Blucas).
When her security is threatened, she discloses the real identity of James and decides to return home to support her family in the election process.In spite of having a good cast with great performances, "First Daughter" has a very silly and shallow screenplay that does not help the actors and the actresses.
The story aims to expose the "tough life" of a young woman because she is the daughter of the president of the USA, but actually shows a futile, spoiled and overprotected teenager with a weak personality having a luxurious and banal lifestyle.
If you saw Mandy Moore's version of this movie you'll be pleasantly surprised to find it not so far-fetched, but it is no more original than round number one of the "first daughter" goes.
OK, I love Katie Holmes and do not regret seeing this movie cuz she was so cute and really did a great acting job, as usual.
If "monster-in-law" is rated 5 out of 10 here (last time I check), then "the First Daughter" deserves at least a 6.5 or 7, for its creativity and credible performance by the leading couple.I also hope that Marc Blucas has great roles in future movies for his refreshing looks and performance..
This is what we find in this very simple but definitely watchable romantic movie.Katie Holmes in the title role looks absolutely gorgeous and others like Michael Keaton as US President,Marc Blucas as her lover,Amerie as her vivacious room-mate in college all do justice to their roles as well.The story line might be clichéd but the presentation is good and overall acting is quite decent.I personally feel that its a nicely made romantic movie which you can watch with all members of the family,contrary to present genre of so-called romantic movies.The much used 'Princess-meets-the-common-man-and-what-happens- there-after' theme has been handled very nicely.It really proves that Love really doesn't have any boundaries after-all..
I really enjoy watching Katie Holmes movies cause they are so much fun and she puts in all her effort and talent she is just so amazing.
It is basically the same plot - daughter of the president of the united states leaves home seeking for some freedom, falls in love with an undercover secret agent and gets her heart broken - They actually both came out around the same time so it's hard to say if one copies the other or what happened here.
I liked the ending of First Dauther a little bit better i guess but overall they were just practically the same movie....
This is the first time I had seen a movie with "Marc Blucas" identified where I actually will remember his name to the character.
It would be great to actually meet Marc in person - just to see if his "real person" is similar to his "portrayed person." Alas, that would never happen but it is nice to comment on how I felt about this movie..
All in all I really liked the whole movie and wish there were more films where I just sat, watched and was entertained as I was by viewing, First Daughter!
Katie Holmes is sweet and cute and i can watch her all the time :P Katie is much more realistic as president's daughter.
anyway i'm not going to tell you the whole story just watch it and watch Katie she looks really really nice in that movie in my opinion :P.
First Daughter starring the wonderful Katie Holmes, Michael Keaton and the gorgeous Marc Blucas, is a heart-warming, tear-jerker, romantic movie.
The movie is about Samantha (Katie Holmes) who craves to be normal like everyone else but as the First Daughter of the USA it's impossible.She goes off to college in California where she mets James (Marc Blucas) a gorgeous under-cover secret-service agent.
The on-screen chemistry between Katie Holmes and Marc Blucas is amazing and a truly amazing movie.
I think Katie Holmes did a wonderful job acting in this movie.
If you like adventure, romance, or spy's; It's the film for you.I've seen it in the theater three times all ready, it stopped showing now, so I'm going to have to wait until it gets to the theater that plays older movies, then I'm going to go see it some more.It's one of the few movies nowadays that is completely clean, and yet an all around great movie/ no matter how old you are!!.
Katie Holmes was great and Marc Blucas was fantastic; the chemistry between them was fantastic.I have to say, I just read a bunch of reviews and I'm not sure if they saw the same movie I did.
As the mom of two girls, ages twenty and thirteen, I am really happy about this movie We could all sit down and watch it together.It has a great plot and story line, excellent acting,good morals,It is a fun movie to watch over and over again,It is the first pg-13 movie that is truly worthy of being pg-13 we have seen in a long time.
I went to see "First Daughter" strictly as a fan of the TV series where the two leads gained their first fame, Katie Holmes from "Dawson's Creek" and Marc Blucas from "Buffy the Vampire Killer," but both were better served by those shows.
While Margaret Colin is an excellent visual match as Holmes's mother, we're so used these days to seeing older men-young chicks match-ups on screen that Michael Keaton's attentions to his daughter didn't seem paternal..
It left me with the feeling of having seen a classic film, lending it hard to come by charm most contemporary movies lack.
Katie Holmes and Marc Blucas played a good pair.Though there are some cheesy parts like when they kissed on the last part after handing the car key then turned there backs and run to kiss each other it was really awkward.
After watching the movie, I am starting to realise about the past American presidents' and their family members...their lives may not look so easy as we think.
She found out she cannot really be herself at times.And when she realised later that the guy she likes is actually an undercover agent protecting the president, the graduate student James, Samantha knew things are not going to be so easy.I actually only starting to know about Katie Holmes because she is always together with Tom Cruise.
Hope they will come back with a Continuation of the First Daughter 2, after college.Just a smooth, easy watching movie, that keeps you right there, no matter how many times you watch it.
Watch any and all the movies that play on T>V> either with Marc Blucas & or Katie Holms.
They make First Daughter the great movie it is., and one I'll watch over & over again, and again..
Katie Holmes is the president's daughter, but she wants to go to college like a normal kid.We've seen this before, the cindarella story has played out so many times in Western cinema its physically sickening.
It is a warm, wonderful, sweet movie with its heart in exactly the right place.Knowing what I know now, I would have gladly paid to go see this one at the theater!Katie Holmes, Michael Keaton, Margaret Colin, Marc Blucas, Amerie Rogers, etc.
Not one of Katie Holmes better movies, First Daughter is a weak attempt to cash in on the Mandy Moore film, Chasing Liberty.
Okay, the idea of the American President's daughter breaking away from her life under the media microscope and going to college isn't a bad one, but I felt it could have been done more justice.Nearly the whole film felt like it had been dipped in chocolate fondue it was that sappy.I expected more excitement, the kind of exciting and hilarious adventures you see these teenagers have at college in movies, but in this film hilarity and vigour failed to ensure.There were a few moments which were entertaining though, and that was when Sam (Katie Holmes) was trying to make James (Marc Blucas) jealous of her so he would show his affection for her (which entailed buying a heap of pregnancy tests).
Yeah...that and the bitch fight scene between Sam and Mia (Amerie) were the only parts in the whole film that really appealed to me.I often wonder why professional and grown up actors go for such lame parts in teeny flicks like these...But then again, work is work and if I was getting paid some good cash then I would degrade myself to that level of shame.Speaking of teeny movies, this one's a little soft for the mental capacity of the average teen, so I would recommend it to tweens instead.
It's predictable and insipid.I mean, who could stand to watch Katie Holmes (pretty as she is) waltz around in slow motion for nearly a quarter of the movie?
This is a cute movie - Sam and James are an ideal duo and at the end I think you would like to think they continue on with their relationship.I thought that all the actors were perfect in their roles and performed effortlessly.This was a nice family type film and you really don't see many of them these days.You are told that there is another story so hopefully they will bring out a sequel to this so we can see what happens with Sam and James.To sum it up, this was a very good and enjoyable film that was worth watching.
I have literally watched this movie 50+ times and think it is absolutely wonderful.
Wow. I LOVE Michael Keaton (and I don't say that about too many men), Katie is at least professional even if I'm not a big fan, we liked Colin all the way from Independence Day, Blucas was quietly good in Buffy, there's plenty of solid talent here.
I had my three grandchildren with me watching it and I felt no reason to stop them They are five, 7, and ten years old.The girl who played Mia is a wonderful actress, I especially like her casual style.Michael Keaton looked great and Margaret Collin as his wife was a match made in heaven.
I have seen Chasing Liberty and didn't like it so much, so when I have heard of this movie, I wasn't to excites, and so the only reason I have rented this movie was Katie Holmes, who I love from her role as Joey Poter from Dawson's Creek.
I felt like watching a cute romance movie and I picked up First Daughter despite its bad rating in the media and all over the Internet.
This gorgeous growing up movie, presents the sophisticated office of the U.S. Presidency, but with a strong performance from Katie Holmes and great cinematography by the Director Forest Whitaker - offers up along with Mean Girls some of the best female movies of the year.
Samantha Mackenzie, (Katie Holmes) plays the role of a President's daughter who has to live under the close rules of the White House and has Secret Agents always at her elbows no matter what she does and really has no life of her own.
Michael Keaton, (President Mackenzie) is a good President and loves his family but like any President he has very little time to spend with this wife or daughter.
I was begging it to end by the time it reached what I thought were the final scenes.Its great to have what some think are "wholesome" films to watch, but this isn't wholesome, its cheesy and fake, and there are a few very non-wholesome moments that made me want to absolutely cringe.
From the radiant Katie Holmes in the title role, to the charming, low key performances of Michael Keaton and lovely Margaret Colin as her parents, and especially the rugged Marc Blucas as the love interest, the film offered charm, humor and romance that somehow felt real.
But I just personally couldn't really believe Katie Holmes in the lead at all, maybe the only refreshing thing was seeing Michael Keaton in this, after not seeing the guy in a movie in a while (least I haven't seen him in anything in awhile), but the problem was this script and problematic film-making was so bad that it made Michael Keaton seem like Macaulay culkin.
And I really hoped that they would have went to PG so maybe a better script could save this mess.Holmes plays an improbable role as the daughter of the President of the USA.
Staring Katie Holmes as the first daughter struggle to live her life as she joint university.I know I shouldn't be too critical on these types of movie but to relax and enjoy it but the flaw is too big to do that.
Plus the story is too predictable that in just five minute into the movie you'll see how it goes about to the end.The acting is over done to the point that it looks absolutely weird, I think the character is too graceful to be true.
It won't bore the viewer and there are moments when some sparks of originality from the director can be seen.The only thing we would question is the way Mr. Whitaker and his choreographer, Miranda Garrison, staged the two dancing numbers, first between Samantha and James, then between the President and his daughter.
'First Daughter' is of the romantic comedy brand, and it's a bad one.The actor Forest Whitaker played in a few important movies.
Whitaker is a fine character actor (great and charming as the narrator in this movie, I give him that), but maybe, when he decides to direct a film, he does it for pleasure.
Samantha Mackenzie (Katie Holmes) has always been a sweet proper girl and the only daughter of the President (Michael Keaton).
The only thing that sort of works are the scenes with Michael Keaton (the president) and Katie Holmes (presidents daughter) and had they built the movie around their relationship - maybe this could have worked out to be a compelling movie.
I started to watch this movie, not really hoping for a lot, but expecting to kill time with another of those misguidedly romantic teenage boy-meets-girl kinda flicks.
Right from the word go, you know that Katie Holmes character Sam is going to fall for Marc Blucas' character James.
Michael Keaton looks anything but presidential and the dance scenes were so over choreographed, they made me laugh.I haven't seen Katie Holmes in anything else so I can't comment on her talent; Mark Blucas was his usual stiff self..
This film was OK its about Katie Holmes who is the first daughter of the u.s president and she wants to be normal so she gos off to college hoping to lead a normal college life but it does not work out that way.The film is boring in the first 40 minuets but then it gets a little better and the film is better then i thought it would be but the film is still not that good.The film stars actors like Michael Keaton,Marc Blucas,Dwayne Adway,Lela Rochon and Margaret Colin just to name a few.Over all this film was OK with its bad bits and Katie Holmes does an OK acting job in this film and if u like Katie u should see her in the film batman begins.and my rating is 4 out of 10..
I like Katie Holmes and thought that she might be able to make the movie special.
Katie Holmes performance was good, but not enough to overcome the incredibly trite plot.Being the daughter of the President of the United States should offer up some very interesting dramatic moments.
The best parts of this movie - in my estimation is watching Katie Holmes run around with that tiny blue bikini on, and do the table dance with the blonde wig on.
The best parts of this movie - in my estimation is watching Katie Holmes run around with that tiny blue bikini on, and do the table dance with the blonde wig on.
Katie Holmes has a terrible acting,without any life and I think this movie is a total copycat of 'Chasing Liberty'!( If you people never watched Chasing Liberty, I suggest you go, because it's much better than First Daughter and at least is original, since it was made before First Daughter) I really don't know why this movie was made.
At this point the movie had something like another hour to run so they had plenty of time to craft a great story.
If you are looking for a way to lose a few bucks then waste your time watching this movie its perfect for the person who just loves a crappy ending..
Cute Katie Holmes and "presidential" Michael Keaton make this movie worthwhile..
Here Katie Holmes is Samantha, the daughter of President MacKenzie (Michael Keaton).
There is nothing lasting in watching this movie, nothing particularly thought provoking, just a minor movie that I enjoyed for the acting of Katie Holmes and Michael Keaton.SPOILERS.
One waits for something major to happen, and it never really does.The title character, played by Katie Holmes, is just too good.
Samantha; the Presidents daughter is off to college and finds the stress of being the First Dauhter extremely hard and she ends up meeting James.James shows Samantha a world she has never seen or experienced only for it to broken when she finds out James real agenda in 'hanging' around her.He is a federal agent, protecting her.The film is a charming film brilliantly directed by Forest Whitaker.Katie Holmes plays the role of the good girl perfectly while Blucas shines as the agent.