W

Rating PG-13
Time: 128 minutes
Viewed: on DVD - widescreen
Director Oliver Stone
Cast
W- Josh Brolin
W Sr. - James Cromwell
The VP - Richard Dreyfuss

Line of the film:"History? In history, we are all dead."

The life and times of the 43rd President of the United States. After surviving eight years of the Bush administration, I wasn't sure I could put up with two more hours. However, Oliver stone does a good job of presenting W in a very sympathetic light. Josh Brolin succeeds in playing W in various stages of his life. The film is told in a flashback/flash forward style that links experiences in his early life to decisions made during his Presidency. Richard Dreyfuss as the VP portrays him as a slick manipulative person who ends up guiding policy through the President. James Cromwell, as the senior Bush. is portrayed as a patriarch trying to hold a dynasty together.

I walked away with the following message: All a Son wants is acceptance from his Father
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Worth your time index: 67/100