Wick's Review
Created Feb 13, 2011 10:55PM PST • Edited Feb 17, 2019 10:14AM PST
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Quality
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Pretty Awful 0.5
A left wing hatchet job that purports to fairly document Ronald Reagan’s life and career, this abomination musters occasional respect for the great man in between extensive polemics from opponents of his politics. Reagan haters may find it worth watching. His fans will find themselves muttering about how awful it is. Fair minded independents will be confused at best, which is probably the filmmaker’s intention.
HBO produced, Sundance funded, written and directed by Eugene Jarecki (a second-rate Michael Moore), Reagan validates the professional Left’s continuing mystification about Reagan’s greatness. Fools.
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Bad 1.0
Three talking heads dominate the explication:
- Ron Reagan Jr. provides a bit of insight into Ron Sr’s beginnings and self-image, albeit filtered through his obvious discomfort with and misunderstanding of his father’s political beliefs. Michael Reagan – who reveres his father’s political legacy – barely rates a cameo.
- Thomas Frank, best-selling left wing pundit, speaks at length.
- Will Bunch also gets in plenty of pot shots. Who’s he? The author of the Progressive Book Club favorite Tear Down This Myth.
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Male Stars Pretty Awful 0.5
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Female Stars Pretty Bad 1.5
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Female Costars Pretty Bad 1.5
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Male Costars Pretty Awful 0.5
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Pretty Awful 0.5
Hmm, left wing pundits dominate the film’s commentary. Where’s George Will, Charles Krauthammer or any Reagan admiring pundit? Must of been busy the day HBO came calling. Lame filmmaking, this.
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Direction Pretty Awful 0.5
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Play Pretty Awful 0.5
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Music Pretty Awful 0.5
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Visuals Barely OK 2.0
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Content
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Tame 1.0
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Sex Innocent 1.0
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Violence Gentle 1.0
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Rudeness Polite 1.0
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Glib 1.3
Documentaries aren’t supposed to be glib. This one is, in extremis. Whoops.
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Circumstantial Glib 2.0
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Biological Natural 1.0
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Physical Natural 1.0
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Feb 14, 2011 10:39PM
Wick
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Good question MJ. As a history buff and political junky, I’m looking forward to the Kennedy miniseries. That one is a biopic, whereas Reagan is a documentary, so the reality standards will be looser. |
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Feb 14, 2011 10:32PM
MJ5K
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Regarding Wick’s Review |
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Feb 14, 2011 2:15PM
BrianSez
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Regarding Wick’s Review |
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