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The Reagan Show takes an entertaining -- and suitably superficial -- look at a turning point in the way American politics intersect with modern media.
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This wry documentary focuses on the original entertainer-turned-president and his box of showbiz tricks. October 6, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This wry documentary focuses on the original entertainer-turned-president and his box of showbiz tricks.
Ed Potton
The Reagan Show pretty much gives away its entire thesis in its title, but it's fun to trawl through these archive images and it allows us to ponder whether we'll ever really be able to claw through the protective layers of spin. October 5, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The Reagan Show pretty much gives away its entire thesis in its title, but it's fun to trawl through these archive images and it allows us to ponder whether we'll ever really be able to claw through the protective layers of spin.
David Jenkins
Entertaining if slightly pointless ... October 4, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Entertaining if slightly pointless ...
Peter Bradshaw
... a provocative and amusing look at President Ronald Reagan's use of television to sell economic plans, missile treaties and, mostly, himself. September 25, 2017 | Full Review…
... a provocative and amusing look at President Ronald Reagan's use of television to sell economic plans, missile treaties and, mostly, himself.
John Anderson
It's a glib and scattered exposé, the sort of ersatz thesis film that invites you to chuckle at the sight of Reagan doing multiple takes of a campaign commercial while flubbing the name "Sununu" over and over again. July 6, 2017 | Full Review…
It's a glib and scattered exposé, the sort of ersatz thesis film that invites you to chuckle at the sight of Reagan doing multiple takes of a campaign commercial while flubbing the name "Sununu" over and over again.
Owen Gleiberman
At a time when sharp ideological stances are annoyingly ubiquitous, this film's lack of one is refreshing. June 30, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
At a time when sharp ideological stances are annoyingly ubiquitous, this film's lack of one is refreshing.
Godfrey Cheshire
The most fascinating moments of The Reagan Show are when the line between politics and public relations is shattered. Reagan is best when he has learned his lines... When somebody goes off script, you can see the energy drain out of his face. February 7, 2020 | Full Review…
The most fascinating moments of The Reagan Show are when the line between politics and public relations is shattered. Reagan is best when he has learned his lines... When somebody goes off script, you can see the energy drain out of his face.
Craig Hubert
Incisive, occasionally surreal... March 21, 2019 | Full Review…
Incisive, occasionally surreal...
Phil Guie
The Reagan Show doesn't give us any insight into what was really beyond the show, working only as a record, if an accurate one, of what people speculated at the time. August 26, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
The Reagan Show doesn't give us any insight into what was really beyond the show, working only as a record, if an accurate one, of what people speculated at the time.
Amelie Lasker
It doesn't reveal anything totally unknown or surprising about the "performer in chief," but it's packaged in such a compelling manner. February 9, 2018 | Full Review…
It doesn't reveal anything totally unknown or surprising about the "performer in chief," but it's packaged in such a compelling manner.
Christopher Campbell
Ronald Reagan and his team changed the whole game of American politics by transforming the White House into a movie studio. December 28, 2017 | Full Review…
Ronald Reagan and his team changed the whole game of American politics by transforming the White House into a movie studio.
Charles Mudede
The Reagan Show is timely on a number of levels. December 27, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The Reagan Show is timely on a number of levels.
John Bleasdale
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