W.

2008

Action / Biography / Comedy / Drama / History

20
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 42% · 220 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 42% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 51259 51.3K

usa president the white house politics biography president iraq war

Plot summary

The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.

Director

Oliver Stone Photo
Oliver Stone

Top cast

John McCain Photo
John McCain as Himself
Josh Brolin Photo
Josh Brolin as George W. Bush
Thandie Newton Photo
Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice
Colin Hanks Photo
Colin Hanks as Speechwriter #1
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.11 GB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
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25 fps
2 hr 3 min
Seeds 2
2.28 GB
1920*816
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
25 fps
2 hr 3 min
Seeds 12

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by bob998 7 / 10

Entertaining, but no more than that

If you are looking for a probing analysis of the eight years of G. W. Bush's presidency, you would be better off reading the books that have already appeared by Woodward and others. At times, this biopic can't rise above sitcom level: the college hazing that is just dumb, not revelatory of Bush's character; the bickering that goes on around the table as Cheney takes on Powell; Rice and her sycophantic behavior around the President (she can't believe he is so uninformed, yet he is her mealticket). It sounds like an episode of Friends, yet you would have to call it Enemies.Some commenters have taken Thandie Newton to task for her satirical portrait of Rice, but this is the tradition with Oliver Stone: somebody has to be the comedic relief. It was Joe Pesci and Tommy Lee Jones in JFK, James Woods in Nixon, and here we get Scott Glenn being wacky, Bruce McGill being oily and self-serving, Toby Jones being... what, exactly? I couldn't grasp what his take on Karl Rove was all about. Newton's burlesque is just part of the wallpaper in this film.
Reviewed by gcarpiceci 7 / 10

A Stone in GWB's eye

W. Seems to have disappointed many of Oliver Stone's fans; actually the movie lacks the vehemence, the all-around attacks, the gloomy conspiratorial narrative of most of his documentary films.Mr Stone might have thought all his usual arsenal was not needed in the case of George W. Bush Jr; in fact, an almost subdued if not moderate tone voice worked best - in my view - to call out the key traits of our hero: a mediocre man, actually a dumbass, an insecure kid turned into an obsessive man, a puppet manoeuvred by a bunch of dangerous acolytes.Exposing reality as is was more than enough here, actually an over-dramatisation might have proved counterproductive.I thought it was interesting to compare and contrast W. With Adam McKay's Vice; the very same facts, told from Cheney's perspective and with a totally different style but very consistent, offer a nice complement to W.
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