Has some fun elements and enjoyable to watch, but at times the gimmicks distract without adding anything and the movie becomes boring. (By contrast, they added immensely to The Big Short.) Maybe all the structural and story-telling flourishes will lead to the events being depicted sticking with me - but with such recent, well-known history, is that really necessary? I was left feeling the film would have been better if it had played it straighter as a satire with elements of a character drama - especially given the strength of Christian Bale's performance as Cheney and Amy Adams' (my fave!) as his wife Lynne, with Steve Carell as Rumsfeld and Sam Rockwell as W also top notch.
(w/ R)
(w/ R)
