After a string of sub-par movies, Robin Williams has returned to prove he is not funny.

“Man of the Year” starts out like a bad comedy and then moves to a bad suspense film.

Williams plays Tom Dobbs, a comedian hosting a fake news show a la Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show.” After being prompted by a fan, Dobbs decides to run for president.

Dobbs tries to take his campaigning seriously, though his manager (Christopher Walken) and director (Lewis Black) try to get him to make jokes. Walken provides the most prevalent source of comedy throughout the movie, while Black tries to be funny by yelling and making useless hand-gestures.

The first half hour is dedicated to Dobbs’ campaign, with most of it feeling like bad stand-up. When Dobbs is — by some freak chance — actually elected to office, he finds out from Eleanor Green (Laura Linney) he was only elected because of a mistake in the computer software used to cast ballots.

The rest of the movie deals with Green trying to avoid hit men from the company that she worked for, while falling in love with Dobbs. Green also tries to figure out the glitch with the program, which is so simple it seems amazing it existed. Jeff Goldblum plays a seedy lawyer working for the major corporation, Delacroy, the maker of the software. Goldblum hires henchmen to find Green and knock her off.

“Man of the Year” tries to mix a comedy and suspense, and ends up failing miserably at both. The most interesting portions of the movie have to be quickly skimmed over because there is another bad joke to be told. Peripheral characters are more interesting than the main characters. This movie would have been much better had Goldblum and William’s roles been switched. The suspense should not make anyone sit on the edge of his or her seat, and the comedy is lacking.

The movie provides a somewhat interesting commentary on our current government, but the major indictment seems to be of corporations and their role in government. It is unfortunate this had so many big name actors and comedians, but failed to deliver on being a cohesive and interesting movie.