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  • Starring: Josh Brolin
  • Summary: 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 Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd President to the big screen as only he can. W. takes viewers through Bush’s eventful life -- his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq. (Lionsgate)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 36
  3. Negative: 1 out of 36
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    W., a biography of President Bush, is fascinating. No other word for it.
  2. NPR
    Reviewed by: Bob Mondello
    60
    A surprisingly unsurprising film.
  3. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    38
    The movie plays like a dunk-the-clown game at a carnival. Through intent or ineptitude, he sets up the Bush family and administrations as caricatures.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 36
  3. Negative: 17 out of 36
  1. McBushMaverick
    10
    Eight years of Bush is not enough! Americans like me love this movie because we demand more wars, a bigger deficit, and a president as intelligent as Bush who is buying up more private sectors than a communist regime! Those who hate this film are “tax-raising liberals”!!!… Expand
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  2. ArnoldP.
    5
    This much anticipated film fell flat. The actors were excellent, the father son relationship compelling. Considering the story there was little fire in the direction, at times dull, surely predictable. I think if Stone had only done W up to him being elected president it would have been infinitely better. The events of his presidency and the characters much too current to appear any more vivid or scary than they were in real life. Seeing it opening night in Hollywood, in a packed audience, there was the sound of only one pair of hands clapping at the end. A somber sign in tinsel town.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. CommandoDude
    3
    This movie was incredibly lame. It failed to tell me anything which I didn't know about Bush, namely that he's an incompetant moron who acts before he thinks and is a horrible leader. The film trys to garner sympathy for the man the entire time and made me want to Gag. It wasn't funny, and about halfway through I just wanted to get up and leave, and I've NEVER had that feeling before.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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