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Very relevant - even in 2005.
This was the most enjoyable movie I've seen for a long time. Our whole family got a kick out of it and wish that Fred was still around - he'd be our choice! Thought provoking, yet tongue in cheek humor made it a great movie to watch.

The Cinderella of Political Spoofdom
"Man With a Plan" is a low budget production with enough of the right stuff to receive serious, national review. This film delves deeply into the core of both people and politics and finds that place where the two ultimately meet, in a campy, fairytale-like political satire. "Man With a Plan" stands on its own with strong praise, but also later acquires a certain priceless quality due to political events following the release of the film. In it, Fred Tuttle and his opponent, Bill Blachly, each play themselves. Blachly is Tuttle's morally questionable opponent and long standing incumbent, in this hilarious mock documentary. <
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>The tool to rise to this ultimate accomplishment is none other than what locally, and even nationally, could be considered one of the most honest souls we can find. Fred Tuttle is a Vermont native, which is quite different than being a person who is born and raised there. He is, as Vermonters would say, a "true native", embodying core virtues and no worldly qualifications, all harkening back across the centuries, to the heralded days when America began, and all are remembered as unquestionable in virtue. Throughout this film, as in life, questions of profound merit are rarely, if ever, worded directly, but the film itself could not possibly exist without them. The presence of Fred lights the way. <
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>Indeed, the proof in granting such lofty praise appears in real life shortly after this film is produced. The film immediately sparks hundreds of write-in votes in that year's congressional race. Fred Tuttle, through our democratic process, then wages a $230 political campaign and receives the majority of his states' republican votes, gaining his parties' nomination for congress, thereafter withdrawing from the race and announcing his support for the opposing, democratic candidate. (We'll have to say Pat Leahy does not liken well to our Bill Blachly portrayal) Tuttle states that he just wanted to make his point, that the people would vote for a true native, (granted, he did have this satirical production to precede him), and, well, they did. <
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>Beyond the fundamental tenet of the film, there are satirical highlights along the way, such as the unforgettable "why not?" campaign slogan, the nonsensical FRED agenda, and the string of voters as they state their absurd rationalizations. I found one scene in particular where there were problems with the car door a bit too campy, but that the overall production moves along nicely with its storyline throughout. I enjoyed the original musical arrangements, and O'Brien's occasional sprinkling of this Cinderella tale with pretty, pastoral settings. Tastefully creative. <
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>I would have to call this film as flying a bit over a youngster's head, in which case I think it would be as confusing as it would be anything else. "Man With a Plan" is thoroughly satirical, and you might just find it to be, as I have, a "must have" for anyone with an interest in politics, or people.