| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...Oliver Stone frames his biopic as a provocative and uniquely American tale of family politics." more... |
B- |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...fascinating..." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"Oliver Stone keeps his tics to a minimum in putting another president on the couch." more... |
B |
E! Online
Chris Farnsworth |
"The movie just isn't very good." more... |
D |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...Brolin is never cheap. Representing a man who finds both salvation in Jesus and relief that one of his intelligence reports is only three pages long, the actor digs deep." more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Jason Morgan |
"At best, W. is just as glorious a failure as Bush's administration." more... |
D |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"A bold but imperfect film about a most imperfect man." more... |
B- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...an often compelling, tragicomic psychological analysis of Dubya..." more... |
B |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...queasily enjoyable..." more... |
B- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Superficial, uninformative, and inert..." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Josh Brolin is truly electrifying in the role of George W. Bush..." more... |
B- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"...makes up in immediacy what it lacks in objectivity." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...seems a much more even-handed and thoughtful take on the man than anyone might have expected." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...entertaining but superficial biopic." more... |
B |
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