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(1 - 42) of 42 OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh Page   1   "This pseudo-hypothetical look at what drove the actions of the man currently sitting in the Oval Office is just crazy enough to work."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   A. J. Hakari B "An Oliver Stone film often takes a few years to ripen, and it will be interesting to see how this biopic plays a decade or so down the road."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 4/5 "W. may not deliver the answers to the many questions the current administration stirs, but it's so much fun following along Bush's bell curve that we can't help but enjoy the downward spiral."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron C+ "Total and utter kitten play; a softball portrait of Bush that resembles more of a nutty community theater production than a typical scorching Stone project."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 8/10 "A sympathetic portrait? That may be an exaggeration. But it´s a much more complex one than you might expect."   DVDTown.com   Christopher Long B+ "As a brief overview of the personal and political experiences of a man whose actions will effect America for generations to come W. is a drop in the bucket. But it's at least a drop that can be tasted a spit out."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 5/10 "The readymade caricature George Bush is as much a reflection of his moment as he is an occasion for Oliver Stone's latest stab at revisionist history."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "'W.' never quite reaches its presidential potential."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger A "An entertaining film that transcends biopic (for its own good) and offers a Texas-sized parable about politics."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 2/4 "...an ambitious failure that'll most likely please political junkies, with the remainder of viewers sure to be left frustrated by Stone's increasingly uneven modus operandi."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B "The film lets us know the American people made a huge mistake in electing W. as the 43rd president."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 3/5 "A movie which is a wacky, wild and weird look at how the past 8 or so years of American politics and policy came to be."   Film Threat   Don R. Lewis 2/4 "The good news is that W. isn't bad at all. In fact, it is a decidedly evenhanded depiction of the President. The problem, then, is that it is rushed, choppy and lacks an ending."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B- "Works well enough as drama (and occasionally as comedy), but it's a missed opportunity to really explore some great American themes."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "Albeit ambitious in its fairness to the man at times and centered by an award-worthy performance by Josh Brolin, there's an irony that Stone's rush to judgement prevented him from creating a film with a more lasting legacy."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress "Stone's filmmaking fails to charge the narrative with the needed turmoil"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce C+ "Neither satire nor drama but a sort of stream-of-consciousness rumination on Bush past and present, Stone's film is little better than a stunt, and a fairly toothless one at that."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/5 "Little dramatic flare and few insights into politics or the Presidency."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 35/100 "Like the worst of Stone's movies, W. feels bloated, sloppy, and overambitious."   Film and Felt   Gabe Leibowitz 2/4 "W. does for recent history what Oliver Stone's epic Alexander did for ancient times."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/5 "Is W. a serious drama, or a nightmare comedy of power, privilege and parental friction played out on the global stage?"   Cinematical   James Rocchi 3/4 "A convoluted but compelling psychoanalysis of George W. Bush's silver-spoon arrogance and deep-seated insecurities."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 6/10 "Rather simplistic and reductive, but something tells me Oliver Stone didn't mind it turning out that way."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen " As Poppy Bush says, and says again,"You disappoint me, Junior.""   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards 4.5/5 "Stone has made a humble, respectful, interesting movie about a man 71% of us can't wait to see the back of. Brolin is simply incredible."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 1.5/5 "with so many famous people playing famous people to varying degrees of quality, it seems like a weak Saturday Night Live sketch without the jokes"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr B- "Josh Brolin does an often uncanny interpretation of George W., but in the end the man seems as deep as a bowl of peanuts. If that's really all there is it's scarier than I thought."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "Surely this is the greatest satire of the American presidency ever made for film.... Surely this would be a horror story if it were true..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/4 "Oliver Stone's take on Bush could be spot-on, or it could just be armchair analysis. All I know is that I was heavily involved in his vision. This is great, ambitious filmmaking from a director who is not afraid to delve inside his subjects."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B- "Maybe it is just too soon, maybe we are just too used to the satire of "Saturday Night Live" maybe it's the kaleidoscopic structure, but this movie feels like a rough draft."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "The Oliver Stone of the 1990s might have found something epic in the strange saga of George W. Bush, but he undoubtedly would not have made W., the contemporary Stone's incomplete rush-job of a portrait of our embattled 43rd president."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "Uma mistura de documentário e esquete do Saturday Night Live."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "Even though I like it enough to recommend it, I can't shake the nagging sense that it could have been so much better."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/5 "With World Trade Center and this film, it's clear that Oliver Stone has lost his provocative maverick sensibilities. This is a smartly assembled biopic with a powerhouse cast, but its toothless approach makes it feel a bit pointless."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 4/5 "No Bush fan myself, I was frequently moved by the spectacle of Stone's Bush, who might have been a happier and certainly less troublesome man had he not been born a Bush."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves 3.5/4 "When [Stone] looks into Bush's eyes... he's reflecting on the long, tormented nights of many an American soul."   Suite101.com   Rob Humanick B "W. resembles a postmortem rather than an accusation: not an attempt to deride Bush's failures, but instead an examination of what drives his decision-making process."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "It reminded me of the old Smothers Brothers routine about sibling rivalary."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 7/10 "Without the benefit of historical perspective, Stone's docudrama is empathetic, if oversimplified, having been rushed to completion to hit theaters before the November election."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 4/10 "It's not quite right to call W. a wasted opportunity: that would suggest that the idea of a biopic of the sitting president had some value in the first place."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 2.5/4 "Manages to paint Jr. as an Oedipal retard unable to shake the disapproval of Papa Bush."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click hereto see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 42) of 42 OFCS Rating: 67% Fresh Page   1