There is no shortage of decent films with distinguished actors concerning the President of the United States, set in the White House and Capitol Building, such as 'Murder at 1600' (Wesley Snipes), 'Salt' (Angelina Jolie), 'Olympus has Fallen' (Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman), 'White House Down' (Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx) and 'The American President' (Michael Douglas and Annette Bening).

When you add illustrious television series such as 'The West Wing' (Martin Sheen), 'Veep' (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and 'Designated Survivor' (Keifer Sutherland) to this list it amazes me that the US government can function at all with all the camera crews in those buildings!

Unfortunately for 'First Lady', the above set a high standard that this little film simply cannot compete with. The characters are vaguely drawn, the script is insipid and the actors barely make it out of first gear at any time. The most powerful man in the world wanders around like a lost sheep, the only three-dimensional character is a newsreader and there is a complete absence of sexual chemistry (this is a romance, yes?) between the two lead actors.

The White House security staff are portrayed as idiots, the secret service staff are portrayed as idiots and guess what the White House administrative staff are portrayed as!

Next time the producers should pick slightly more original locations and characters and not try to revisit ground that has been covered many times before and much more effectively.