Review of Death of a President (2006) by Bryan V — 19 Nov 2007

Great idea, not so great follow through. It had its moments, though.

This review of Death of a President (2006) was written by Bryan V on 19 Nov 2007.

Death of a President has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Marc L (980) on 19 Jan 2010

Et si George W.Bush avait ete abattu en 2007 par un activiste adversaire de sa politique…

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By Vishnu N (2) on 22 Jan 2013

Done in a very CNN-documentarian style that makes it beyond meager politics…

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By Mike A (627) on 23 Jun 2011

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Given the controversy, which strongly suggested that the filmmakers had it in for President Bush, the film's biggest shocker may be how kind…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 02 Aug 2011

As skillful an artist as Range clearly is, he has gone to an awful lot of trouble to make a painfully obvious point about threats to civil…

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Death of a President is a fictional documentary about the assassination of George Bush. Oh, if it were true…

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By Toni B (53) on 21 Apr 2011

Extraordinary profound documentary on the assassination of George W in 2007. Of course, it never happened...but... what if? Extremely authentic…

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By Carl B (305) on 03 May 2012

This movie is a make you think movie. I just watched it because the little description I saw for it said it examined what would happen if G…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 08 Mar 2013

As convincing as the manipulated footage of the President's death in Chicago in October 2007 is, the movie itself cannot be more unconvincing…

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