Vice
2018, comedy, drama
132 minutes
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip...
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10
2019-01-18
One of the most thought-provoking films that I am likely to see this year, and I was fascinated from beginning to (final) end. Read more
8.0
2019-01-23
This could easily have been a straightforward biopic. But narrated by Jesse Plemons as his character Kurt lives through the Bush administration with some time in Iraq and changing nappies for fun, explains almost everything. Read more
8.0
2018-12-29
Aside from the entertaining insights into the Bush era and Christian Bale’s commanding performance, what is the takeaway from this film? Read more
7.5
2019-02-07
It may not be great art or particularly thought-provoking, but what Adam McKay’s Vice does have going for it is that even though it can be read as a superficial tonal mess, it is a wildly entertaining film. Read more
7.0
2019-02-11
Christian Bale is very convincing in the skin of a cold, calculating, arrogant, selfish, unrepentant and unscrupulous politician. Read more
7.0
2018-12-20
On the whole though it’s a revealing and interesting, if somewhat biased, recount on one of the most despicable figures of recent political history. Read more
7.0
2018-12-15
As insightful as it is colorful, and as cinematically entertaining as it is provocative. Read more
6.0
2019-02-28
Vice informs galore as it attempts to make the humoresque narrative work in its favor. It doesn’t always succeed and the scenes lack the heebie-jeebies that make political dramas triumph. For these reasons, mixed feelings arise whenever it comes to my mind. Read more
6.0
2019-02-05
It’s likely that you won’t hate the time you spend watching Vice but if the movie isn’t going to take itself seriously, then why should its audience? Read more
6.0
Shannon Schultz of DoubleFeaturePreachers
2019-02-01
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bale or Adams gets an Oscar nomination, but I wouldn’t say this film was anything amazing.
6.0
2018-12-23
His mumbles rumble as Bale takes the groused character movements and creates a searing performance. Read more
5.8
2019-01-25
It’s an intriguing endeavor, but the film seems to say too much about McKay and to little about Dick Cheney to come way with much impression beyond the quality of the performances. Read more
5.0
2018-12-17
Though it has the makings of a biting satire/biopic, Vice ends up feeling more like the rough draft of a better movie than a fully-realized vision. Read more
4.2
2018-12-24
Brisk but not breezy. It is well-acted but its characters are not well-drawn. And, most importantly, It intends to indict without carrying out a sentence. Read more
3.3
David Whitley of DoubleFeaturePreachers
2019-02-01
The tricks that made The Big Short memorable come across as smug and condescending here, masking some great performances in this swing and a miss biopic.
2.0
2019-01-03
McKay clearly made this movie for a liberal audience, but unless you spent the past two decades living in a cave, you're not going to learn anything new about Cheney and the Bush administration. Shouldn't this movie have come out a decade ago? Oh wait, it did. It was directed by Oliver Stone and called W. Read more
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8.0
2019-09-17
Filmtechnisch is de film briljant neergezet, al had McKay in de tweede helft van de film iets minder de nadruk moeten leggen op de sarcastische galgenhumor. Toch is Vice zonder meer een topfilm en zeker als de recente Amerikaanse politieke geschiedenis je interesseert, is Vice een regelrechte aanrader! Read more
8.0
2019-01-20
Vond je The Big Short een boeiende film, dan is Vice weer een aanrader; van dezelfde regisseur Adam McKay. De structuur is hetzelfde: het bizarre verhaal achter een wereldwijd bekend gegeven, verhelderend vertelt in een vlotte film. Read more
7.0
2019-02-28
Vermakelijke doch ongefocuste biopic over misschien wel de meest invloedrijke Amerikaanse politicus van de laatste vijftig jaar. Read more
7.0
2019-02-26
Vice vertelt op licht satirische wijze het levensverhaal van Dick Cheney, zonder hierbij al teveel risico te willen nemen. Read more
7.0
2019-01-22
Vice provoceert en verveelt geen moment. Het canvas is constant interessant, maar het enige is dat je aan het eind afvraagt wat je met die informatie moet doen. Read more
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