Saturday, October 18, 2008

Roger Ebert reviews "W" (and George Bush's life)

Don't say "yes" until I'm finished talking

Oliver Stone's "W.," a biography of President Bush, is fascinating. No other word for it. I became absorbed in its story of a poor little rich kid's alcoholic youth and torturous adulthood. This is the tragedy of a victim of the Peter Principle. Wounded by his father's disapproval and preference for his brother Jeb, the movie argues, George W. Bush rose and rose until he was finally powerful enough to stain his family's legacy. Roger Ebert (He gave the movie a 4-star rating)

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