In this political season, there may be no more enjoyable film than John O'Brien's independent hit: a mock documentary about a 73-year-old Vermont farmer who runs for the U.S. House of REpresentatives on the Regressive Party ticket. Film critic David Brudnoy (The Tab) was "rolling in the aisles."
Jay Carr of the BOSTON GLOBE raved, "Regional filmmaking simply doesn't get any more authentic than this." (You want authentic? Starring - if that's the word - in this mock documentary is Fred Tuttle, a seventy-three-year-old farming neighbor of filmmaker John O'Brien.)
Al Alexander of THE PATRIOT LEDGER agreed with Carr, writing, "Clever, funny, and biting, this political satire is pure delight." (You want satire? Forced by ill health to sell his herd and strapped with big medical bills, Tuttle decides on the only career he can hope to succeed at with just an eighth -grade education and no experience: a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. "I've spent my whole life in the barn," he quips. "Now I just want tospend a little time in the House.")
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