W.

Name: W.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: October 17, 2008
Duration: 129 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Josh Brolin

2008

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Lionsgate | Release Date: October 17, 2008 | PG-13

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 -- hisWhether 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

Director: Oliver Stone

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 129 min

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Roger Ebert

W., a biography of President Bush, is fascinating. No other word for it. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

The pleasure of Mr. Stone's work has never been located in restraint but in excess, a commitment to extremes that can drown out the world or, as in this film, give it newly vivid, hilarious and horrible form. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

In the end, W. makes up in immediacy what it lacks in objectivity. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

The intrepid one is the outstanding Josh Brolin, who does such a phenomenal job in the title role that he carries every scene he's in to a place of subtlety and integrity far beyond what Stone needs to make his attention-grabbing noise. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

For a film that could have been either a scorching satire or an outright tragedy, W. is, if anything, overly conventional, especially stylistically. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Superficial, uninformative, and inert, this two hour snoozefest isn't even inflammatory enough to stoke a righteous anti-Bush brushfire. W. does for recent history what Oliver Stone's epic "Alexander" did for ancient times. Read full review

Michael Sragow

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. Read full review

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McBushMaverick

Oct 17, 2008

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