As Poppy Bush says, and says again,"You disappoint me, Junior."
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11/10/08
W. (2008)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:15
Rotten:23
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: A surprisingly sympathetic portrayal of the 43rd American president, W. is fascinating in spots, but merely rudimentary as a whole.
Theatrical Release:Oct 17, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $25,517,500
Synopsis: Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director... [More]
Starring: Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Banks
Director: Oliver Stone
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Reviews for W.
Top CriticW. feels poorly timed: too late to have any effect on the public, most of whom long ago checked out on the President, and too early to provide more than a schematic interpretation of who he is.
10/20/08
Top CriticIt has its moments, one of the finest at the conclusion.
10/18/08
Top CriticThe film may be ill-timed, arguably unnecessary and no more psychologically probing than any other Stone movie. But much of it works as deft, brisk, slyly engaging docudrama.
10/18/08
Top CriticThis may be the most overdetermined psychological profile since Hitchcock wound up Norman Bates and let him go.
10/17/08
Top CriticW. is a scattershot attempt at stylized portraiture that plays like a half-baked editorial cartoon.
10/17/08
Top CriticIn spite of Josh Brolin's heroic efforts, W. is a skin-deep biopic that revels in its antic shallowness.
10/17/08
Top CriticAlthough clearly not the definitive biography of Bush, W. is absorbing and amusing to ruminate over.
10/17/08
Top CriticIn the end, W. makes up in immediacy what it lacks in objectivity.
10/17/08
Top CriticWhatever you think of Dubya, he has balls. The movie doesn't.
10/17/08
Top CriticW. does for recent history what Oliver Stone's epic Alexander did for ancient times.
10/17/08
Top CriticIt's Stone's faith in himself that's the stumbling block here, first convinced he has something new to contribute to the already exhaustive Bush-analysis business, and then rushing to get the film out in theaters before the election.
10/17/08
Top CriticMore of a hastily executed charcoal sketch than a portrait, Oliver Stone's W. is nonetheless an often compelling, tragicomic psychological analysis of Dubya, viewed through the prism of his relationship with an allegedly disapproving father.
10/17/08
Top CriticIn the midst of these tumultuous times, in the midst of this tumultuous election, Stone has delivered his most tepid film.
10/17/08
Top CriticW. is not the hatchet job some may have expected (or hoped for). It is instead a measured and thoughtful meditation on a leader who, this terrific movie believes, inadvertently made the world as roiling as his soul.
10/17/08
Top CriticTimid, toothless and tepid, this episodic comedy-drama suffers from the one shortcoming I never thought I'd encounter in Stone's work -- failure of nerve.
10/17/08
Top CriticPerhaps the crucial reason W. succeeds as much as it does is the surprisingly empathetic work of Josh Brolin.
10/17/08
Top CriticInstead of satire, W. works best as a filmmaking allegory. That going into a production unprepared is a lot like doing so with military conflict. The execution was off before the first camera started rolling.
10/17/08
Top CriticAs a film, it simply attempts too much, consequently accomplishing little.
10/17/08
Top CriticDespite a talented cast that includes James Cromwell as George H.W. Bush, a.k.a. 'Poppy', and Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell, W. achieves the depth of a TV miniseries.
10/17/08
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February 08, 2009:
This Stone-d Bush is a pampered village idiot prop, with Thandie's bubbleheaded Condi stealing the show. And while W's 'just make sure you hit no camels on the ass,' is wild, the movie begs the question, who is responsible? W: The Audacity Of Honing Up. 
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February 01, 2009:
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