Review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008) by Glenda M — 20 Oct 2008

A good look at a rotten person--fabulous bookend to "W".

This review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008) was written by Glenda M on 20 Oct 2008.

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)

By Jonathan W (812) on 08 Nov 2008

Fascinating look at the career Lee Atwater, Karl Rove's godfather of political slime and the man who got George Bush I elected…

Read Review

Review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)

By Beto A (57) on 27 Apr 2009

An examination of a horrible bastard that keeps us watching just by way of how COMPELLING it is to hear his work discussed like it's just any…

Read Review

Review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)

By Ella Taylor (978) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 Mar 2013

Less persuasive is Forbes's perfunctory, psychologically thin rummage through Atwater's childhood for a traumatic event that would explain…

Read Review

Review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)

By Jerry G (135) on 13 Jan 2012

Very revealing movie about how George Bush destroyed Michael Dukakis…

Read Review

Review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)

By Geoff C (232) on 12 Dec 2012

The film comes in with an agenda, so it fails to present an objective portrait of the late Mr. Atwater…

Read Review

Review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)

By Justin Lowe (291) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 04 Mar 2016

While Atwater exerted notable influence on contemporary politics, this account of his career doesn't make for particularly absorbing viewing…

Read Review

Review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)

By Tuukka P (229) on 15 May 2010

A documentary about Lee Atwater who brought the dirty tactics in the GOP campaigns and mentored the modern version of himself Karl Rove…

Read Review

Review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)

By Heather M (2,904) on 06 Oct 2008

This film is really a must-see. I had no idea who the guy was, but he's the evil genius behind Karl Rove…

Read Review

Review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)

By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 15 Nov 2013

Boogie Man doesn't delve too deep into its subject's private life, beyond some cheap psychology positing his brother's horrible early death…

Read Review

Review of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (2008)

By Roy S (309) on 26 Jan 2014

To some an evil genius, to some a complicated genius…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of The Obama Years: The Power of Words (2017)

By Kam Williams (1,272) for Baret News (418) on 06 Mar 2017

A riveting retrospective revisiting an array of Barack Obama's defining moments…

Read Review

Review of Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (2002)

By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 20 Feb 2003

The movie, in the end, is devastating because of the banality it reveals, and because its terseness and plainness cut a mass killer down to size…

Read Review

Review of It Might Get Loud (2008)

By Pete S (773) on 27 Dec 2009

Watchable, but more like a TV documentary type to fill in a few hours on a lesser channel like MTV…

Read Review

Review of Red, White and Blue (1971)

By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 28 Sep 2011

Everyone comes out of the story badly, not least the audience…

Read Review

Review of Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2022)

By Thesodomizer (43) on 16 Jan 2022

This is unbearable trash. If something is gonna aid racism in America it won't be this disaster. I have no idea how it even got greenlit…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

2008

74%55 Reviews

Gamer

2009

45%728 Reviews

Jumanji

1995

64%708 Reviews

Shut In

2016

37%138 Reviews

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

1992

47%364 Reviews

Christmas with the Kranks

2004

50%731 Reviews

48 Hrs.

1982

71%485 Reviews

Stand and Deliver

1988

75%385 Reviews

Below Her Mouth

2017

56%56 Reviews

Lethal Weapon 4

1998

62%574 Reviews