William ArnottMighty W.
February 28th 2009 03:04
Showing in cinemas in Oz at present his Oliver Stone's third film about a US president, following "JFK" and "Nixon". W. essays the life and times of the mighty George W. Bush, US president 2000-2008. As played by Josh Brolin, and surrounded by a name cast as the figures in his life, W. charts the rise of the delinquent and arrogant young son of Texas aristocracy to the pressure and expectation to be fulfilled as the most powerful man in the world. The film shifts from the board rooms and grounds of the President's meetings with his staff to back in time to when Bush was the errant son who worked his way to power.
The thing with this film is it feels like a lot of details are missing, and it could easily been two films. However, what we have is a very entertaining and interesting flick which is nicely done. I'd definitely recommend this to most people, conservative and liberal alike. Brolin is really fine as Bush, and I think that it gets away with giving us a story which is the sort of thing we all like to chew on.
3 and a half out of 5.
3 and a half out of 5.
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