This is the Dave I Know, I Know...

I ask people all the time if they've seen "Dave". No, Dave is not a person I know, or a six foot tall rabbit, but rather a mild, immensely amusing comedy from the 1990s. "Dave" stars Kevin Kline--fantastic actor and singer, Sigourney Weaver--good in maybe one other movie, and of course, those other guys. It is funny, flighty, friendly, and fittingly simple, as its brief-but-to-the-point title would imply. Kline is "Dave", the wide-eyed protagonist to Weaver's eye-rolling love interest. They dance down the well-worn path of romcoms, breaking through facades and shadowy dealings, and they do so well and efficiently. However, the best parts of the movie involve side characters, like a stuffy secret service agent who would look more approachable in a v-neck, and a delightfully evil villain with a pleasantly witty minion. The dialogue is, to me, the true star of the film, though. The delivery is fantastic, but somehow--even on paper--those lines would make me laugh until I'm awkwardly trying to stop because my stomach is kind of hurting due to the lack of breath (this same problem occurred during multiple viewings of "Hot Fuzz").
I could have, I know, reviewed a more recent movie--or at least one most people have heard of today. But when considering my recent trips to the theater and the fact that of all my owned movies, only "The Vikings" made me want to write anything, I found that "Dave" simply wanted to be discussed. I highly recommend viewing this movie, not least because that lady from "the American President" shows up in it, which was neat.