![]() The movie paints Bush as a tragic hero, as someone who thought they were doing right but in the end many didn't agree with his views. Considering Stone's reputation and the fact that this was being released as Bush was leaving office, one was expecting a beating but instead we get a sympathetic character who failing might not be all on his shoulders. The movie doesn't work nearly as well as I was hoping but I do appreciate Stone trying to do something different with the material. This certainly isn't a bad movie but at the same time I didn't find it to be good either and in the end the real killer is that the thing just came off very boring to me. Josh Brolin stars as Bush as we see him from his college days up to him eventually breaking down over the fact that they didn't find any WMD in Iraq. ![]() (2008) ** (out of 4) Stone's film dealing with the 43rd President of the United States had me hoping for greatness but the end result left me rather bored and flat.
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