Scott LeBrun Pleasant enough Goldie Hawn vehicle (which the star also executive produced) is seen as a politically-oriented variation on her best known film, "Private Benjamin". Goldie plays Sunny Davis, a cheerful, if not terribly savvy, nightclub waitress who manages to prevent an assassination one night. A grateful U.S. of A. rewards her with a meaningless job, although soon it is revealed that her new employers have an agenda. They aim to use her to mollify a Middle Eastern ruler (Richard Romanus), because they want to build a military base in his country.So-so material has its moments, but overall it's a rather mild satire. It's never as funny as one might like, and even gets corny by the end when the filmmakers go for a rather Capra-esque resolution. The biggest set piece is a lively party thrown at Sunny's old workplace in order to show Romanus a good time.Still, Goldie is extremely appealing as always. Her bright personality helps to smooth over any flaws in the plot. She's assisted by an excellent supporting cast, just FULL of familiar faces. The handsome Chris Sarandon of "Fright Night" and "Child's Play" fame is her love interest, a specialist in Middle Eastern affairs. Gail Strickland, Cliff De Young, Keith Szarabajka, and Ed Begley Jr. play various shady Washington types. Andre Gregory is amusing in the role of Romanus' chief adviser. Keep your eyes peeled for Amanda Bearse ('Married...with Children') on a TV monitor; John Ratzenberger ('Cheers') has an uncredited cameo as a security guard being interviewed.Scripted by writer / actor Buck Henry, based on a story by Charles Shyer, Nancy Meyers, and Harvey Miller. Shyer, Meyers, and Miller had previously written "Private Benjamin", so the studio was probably hoping that lightning would strike twice."Protocol" isn't a prime Goldie vehicle, but if you're a fan, you'll still want to see it. Six out of 10.

Prismark10 Protocol is a poor attempt at comedy with Capraesque aspirations. Goldie Hawn plays Sunny, a ditsy cocktail waitress in a sleazy bar who becomes a national heroine after inadvertently saving the life of a visiting Arab Emir and getting shot in the butt for her troubles.The Emir takes a fancy to Sunny and the US administration wants to establish a military base in his region. The State Department plan to allow the Emir to claim Sunny as his wife. They conspire to offer Sunny a job within the Protocol Department of the Government.The film is slap dash and Goldie's charm is wearing thin here. She is supposed to be a blonde bimbo but pretty soon she comes across as sharp as a cookie with an inkling that the State Department are up to something. The Arab men are all sleazy stereotypes lusting after blonde white women. Even when they speak Arabic it sounds gibberish.There is a party scene set in the bar Hawn used to work in and every cliché walks in to the bar, S&M couples, bikers, gay guys, Japanese businessmen, everyone is having a great time and soon descends into farce because the film has just run out of ideas and cojones to take a satirical bite on US foreign policyWhen the penny drops and Sunny realises that she is being used it then becomes more akin to Mr Smith goes to Washington but by then it just becomes mawkish as the comedy has run out of gas.

Amy Adler Sunny, a cocktail waitress in the D.C. area, is a bit dim, to put in mildly. She drives an old clunker and rents a tiny room from a gay male couple. However, she saves the life of a prominent Arab, by taking a bullet in the behind that was meant for the official. She charms the national press with her zany remarks and her sweet looks. Sniffing an opportunity, Presidential aides get her installed in the protocol department for the U.S. government. Even then, she messes things up at times, but she tries hard and learns a lot. She even grabs the romantic attention of a State department official. But, is there another sinister plot in the making, involving an Arab man who wishes to take another wife? A blonde one? LOL, LOL, LOL. This movie features Goldie as pretty as a picture and as dumb "as a fox", as they say. Sunny learns her way around the jungle of the U.S. government very, very well. She even has important things to say about honesty and the lack of it in her protocol surroundings. Perhaps, the Arab community would be less than thrilled with this work, but for those who like to laugh, rent this today.

jhaggardjr "Protocol" is a hit-and-miss picture starring Goldie Hawn as a bubbly cocktail waitress who one night saves the life of a visiting Arab from an assassination attempt. The woman immediately becomes a celebrity, and gets a new job working for the U.S. Government. Will the corridors of power in our nation's capital ever be the same? Hawn is excellent as usual even though "Protocol" isn't as funny as her best film "Private Benjamin". But it's still a good movie, and I did laugh alot.*** (out of four)