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- 2018
- R
- Annapurna Distribution
- 2 h 12 m
- 2018
- R
- Annapurna Distribution
- 2 h 12 m
Summary Vice explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
Directed By: Adam McKay
Written By: Adam McKay
- 2018
- R
- Annapurna Distribution
- 2 h 12 m
- 2018
- R
- Annapurna Distribution
- 2 h 12 m
Vice
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6.6
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Summary Vice explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
Directed By: Adam McKay
Written By: Adam McKay
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 54 Critic Reviews
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54% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
26% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
20% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 54 Critic Reviews
61
54% Positive
29 Reviews
29 Reviews
26% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
20% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Dazzling.
It is a head-spinning shock-and-awe satire that comes in hot then cranks up the thermostat to infernal – a Molotov cocktail of biopic, documentary and black comedy, with a thrillingly short fuse.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 308 User Ratings
6.6
58% Positive
179 Ratings
179 Ratings
29% Mixed
88 Ratings
88 Ratings
13% Negative
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 308 User Ratings
6.6
58% Positive
179 Ratings
179 Ratings
29% Mixed
88 Ratings
88 Ratings
13% Negative
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
So good. Everything is perfect. I hate Dick Cheney and yet Adam McKay jedi mind tricks you into caring about a megalomaniac. The writing is superb. The production is flawless. His quick cuts to nature slip in so well. Christian Bale kills it. For sure his best performance. Amy Adams is wonderfully passive aggressive. I learned and was delighted and horrified and moved and impressed.
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As McKay acknowledges in the introduction, Dick Cheney remains an enigma after all these years. I’m not sure Vice sheds any new light on the Cheney story. It places him in a spotlight that continually changes colors and tones but is almost never flattering.
Vice feels like a documentary-wannabe that never achieves whatever it’s trying to do. It rehashes events and information that have long been part of the public record and, despite the abundance of acting talent at director Adam McKay’s disposal, none of the characters achieve escape velocity.
Vice, written and directed by Adam McKay, plays straight to the cable-news generation of political enthusiasts. It’s depthless, has the attention span of a gopher, and is more concerned with appearances than getting to the root of anything.
The words that keep ringing in my head regarding Adam McKay’s Vice are courtesy of the bard: “Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
Where is the joke here, aside from Bale acting as though he’s in a serious, dramatic movie in which he goes Method by adding on pounds and grunting his way through a half-baked performance? This is neither funny nor insightful.
One of the most important films of modern times. Want to see how our institutions and constitution started eroding ? Look no further. Christian Bale once again is astounding in his role, proving his versatility once more. Entertainingly disturbing and a must watch for anyone with an IQ over 80!!
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While entertaining, it doesn't really shine a light on what motivated Dick Cheney's actions. Why was he (or Bush) so keen to attack Iraq? What motivated his drive to power?
Unfortunately the movie fails to explore any of these questions in any depth an instead focuses on a superficial series of events that lead nowhere. Just like the wars...
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This is an interesting film, if your curious about the life of the main character, Dick Cheney. Its more of a documentary style film than an all out drama I'd say. It felt more factual than entertaining - the performances are good and so on but it's not a memorable film. How accurate it is, I couldn't say but its ok. I wouldn't espcially recommend it as such, no.
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Median acting and plot, most of the movie when isn't funny, it's deadly boring. Not even Christian Bale (about acting and the amazing makeup) could save this movie. One moment or another movie has interesting moments, which doesn't makes compensate two and a half hour lost in pure boredom.
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The visual conversion of Bale to Chaney was certainly a masterpiece. But the resultant character had zero screen personality. A boring emptiness. If that is what Cheney is really like, I would have preferred that the central character be George W. or Rumsfeld, both of whom had substantial personalities. Even Lynne Chaney would have been a better choice.
I'm a big fan of Bale, and to see him mummified by the Cheney persona was a disappointment. The role could have be played with less bother by any chubby actor who could monotone grunt very short sentences.
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Production Company
Annapurna Pictures,
Gary Sanchez Productions,
Plan B Entertainment,
The Third Floor
Release Date Dec 25, 2018
Duration 2 h 12 m
Rating R
Tagline The Untold True Story That Changed the Course of History.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Critics Choice Awards
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations
