Nov 18th
W.** (15)
Odeon Colchester
George W. Bush is kicked out of college and several jobs in the shadow of his father, but in time manages to follow him into The White House and authorises the illegal war in Iraq.
Commendable serio-comic biopic with added elements of Greek tragedy, which could hardly be any more satirical than the real thing, but gets it political points across well enough, and manages to cut through some of the stereotypes to portray something like a rounded portrait - although it omits certain key events such as September 11th and the two Presidential elections (particularly the cheated first one.) By this director's standards, he's soft pedalling.
d: Oliver Stone
s: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Scott Glenn, Toby Jones, Stacy Keach, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Ellen Burstyn, Ioan Gruffudd.
W.** (15)
Odeon Colchester
George W. Bush is kicked out of college and several jobs in the shadow of his father, but in time manages to follow him into The White House and authorises the illegal war in Iraq.
Commendable serio-comic biopic with added elements of Greek tragedy, which could hardly be any more satirical than the real thing, but gets it political points across well enough, and manages to cut through some of the stereotypes to portray something like a rounded portrait - although it omits certain key events such as September 11th and the two Presidential elections (particularly the cheated first one.) By this director's standards, he's soft pedalling.
d: Oliver Stone
s: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Scott Glenn, Toby Jones, Stacy Keach, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Ellen Burstyn, Ioan Gruffudd.
Labels: comedy
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