2008 Oliver Stone jointRating: 13/20
Plot: The high points of George W. Bush's personal life and political career.
This has a tendency to linger and is guilty too often of going for the cheap and obvious (i.e. famous Bushisms). I also question the timing of something like this. However, it's a fascinating two-hour romp, filled with moments of genuine humor and absolute horror. The acting, or impersonations, is very good. Brolin brings a Bush character to life in a way that makes you appreciate him as a flawed human being while at the same time wanting to catch him on fire. Richard Dreyfuss is amazing as Cheney and probably deserved a nomination or at least an offer to do a couple sketches on Saturday Night Live. I also really liked James Cromwell as W.'s dad. The woman who plays Condoleeza Rice is terrible though. I also hated the music in this movie.
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. Instead of having my usual impulse to throw things whenever I think of Bush, I was pretty entertained by this slightly cartoonish, but kind of earnest attempt to get at the psychology of the +*(%@#. A 15.
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