POSITIVES…
- You’re watching this for Christian Bale’s amazing performance as Dick Cheney.
- Amy Adams as Lynne Cheney, and Steve Carell as Donald Rumsfeld are awesome in this as well.
- The kinetic narrative style that writer/director Adam McKay uses here is effective in keeping our attention to the screen. Like the meta humor and 4th wall breaking moments.
- There were some funny scenes that I thought were hilarious.
- The story of Dick Cheney is definitely interesting and fascinating.
NEGATIVES…
- I fear this just wasn’t enough to fully capture everything we want from a Dick Cheney movie. It feels like it’s just skimming the surface, which only gives it a somewhat unsatisfying final product.
- The narrative in the final act just falls apart, as if the movie didn’t know where to go at that point.
- I found the tone of the movie to be a bit all over the place.
- Some people will be disappointed with the fact Sam Rockwell as George W Bush isn’t in this as much as they probably hoped he would be.
P.S….
- If there was an award for “Best mid-credits scene of 2018,” then I might just give it to this movie.
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