Review of Vice (2018) by Grantd243 — 30 Dec 2018
This is a very entertaining film to watch. Adam McKay was able to take what could be a fairly boring and drawn out story and made it into something quite enthralling. Unfortunately, although it's well shot, pretty dang funny at times, and interesting, there are several issues that hold this film back from being the Oscar contender that it could have been.
The pacing is odd and at times feels clunky with the flashbacks and different timelines, there were several scenes left in this film that could have been cut but weren't which led to a much longer runtime than necessary, and some of the humor doesn't necessarily come across as I think McKay intended it to.
Further, the scene that plays right after the first line of credits made me cringe, and it left a bad taste in my mouth which ultimately hurt my viewing experience. In the end, the positives outweigh the negatives, but there was far more potential here than what we got.
This review of Vice (2018) was written by Grantd243 on 30 Dec 2018.
Vice has generally received positive reviews.
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