Review of W. (2008) by Andrew A — 27 Aug 2009

Great performance. good directing, good story, kept me entertained and interested.

This review of W. (2008) was written by Andrew A on 27 Aug 2009.

W. has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Hank K (16) on 22 Aug 2015

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As an independent, I consider myself pretty neutral, party-wise. In fact, I voted for Bush twice…

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By Cameron J (1,335) on 10 Aug 2014

Interesting, but ends way too soon in the history of W. Was looking forward to more, but ultimately felt like a practice role-play…

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By Carlos G (595) on 21 Aug 2015

Ok there's criticizing and there's mudslinging, I know not everyone like bush but my god why did stone make him a jerk and plus it's reminds…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 08 Feb 2019

In spite of Josh Brolin's heroic efforts, W. is a skin-deep biopic that revels in its antic shallowness…

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Passably interesting, occasionally riveting and largely superfluous…

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By Ethan P (599) on 08 Dec 2015

Oliver Stone was probably sitting around one day completely out of ideas for movies to make and figured Well everyone hates President Bush,…

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By Anthony I (417) on 14 Jan 2015

Of all political biopics out there, this remains to be the strangest. It plays out like a dark comedy from the Coen brothers…

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