In my opinion, this movie has no slow points. I absolutely love it. The characters are all so real. And, as in real life, nothing is perfect. Michael Douglas does a wonderful job portraying all sides of Andrew Shepherd, and Annette Bening is stunningly perfect in the roll of Sydney Ellen Wade. Together, there is so much of a connection between the two, it seems almost magical. Martin Sheen portrays the character of A.J. MacInnerny, and it appears that he is the character, and has been so all his life. Michael J. Fox is perfect as the cynical Lewis Rothschild. And we can't forget Samantha Mathis, who is Janey, Shepherd's personal secretary.

Now, I may not be in politics, but I think this movie portrayed the presidency in a wonderful way. All the pressure on this one man, the lack of privacy, the weight of knowing he gave the order to kill. Everything was made simple enough for everyone to understand, yet it still appeared completely natural.

I love the romance between the president and Sydney. It starts off in a priceless way, and just evolves. There is humor, and like all good relationships, it is far from perfect. I love how they deal with their lack of privacy, and how they try to make it seem normal, even though it is almost as far from normal as they can get.

I remember that at the end of the movie, I kept wishing that there was more. We want to know what happened to Sydney and Andy. Did he get re-elected? What happened in their relationship? Since there are no plans for a sequal, I guess we'll never know.