Film Review Outline

Review Outline

In Oliver Stone’s 2008 “W.,” Bush is characterized as a puppy lusting after his father’s approval in an unnecessary and painful two hour and nine minute tale of former president George W. Bush’s life.
§ Set-up of movie
§ Life as president combined with flashbacks
§ Bush’s characterization sympathetic
§ Lost as college student, father’s disappointment
§ Transformation
§ Character mostly left untouched
§ Good acting
§ Brolin as Bush
§ James Cromwell as senior Bush
§ Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush and Richard Dreyfuss as Cheney
§ Editing of film not so good
§ Flashbacks could be could, but don’t always stand well on their own
§ Running example
§ Conclusion: “W.” a waste, provides no new information, takes no stand