Metacritic Movie Ratings
W. Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  W., a biography of President Bush, is fascinating. No other word for it.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  The pleasure of Mr. Stone's work has never been located in restraint but in excess, a commitment to extremes that can drown out the world or, as in this film, give it newly vivid, hilarious and horrible form.

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• 75

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  The performances are good (some scarily realistic), and the movie is enjoyable to watch. But as a probing analysis of the 43rd president, it falls short.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  W. is not a dispassionate biography; it is an interpretation of personality intersecting with history, and as a piece of drama it is persuasive and perfectly creditable.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  The intrepid one is the outstanding Josh Brolin, who does such a phenomenal job in the title role that he carries every scene he's in to a place of subtlety and integrity far beyond what Stone needs to make his attention-grabbing noise.

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyTodd McCarthy

  For a film that could have been either a scorching satire or an outright tragedy, W. is, if anything, overly conventional, especially stylistically.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  It's a gutsy movie but not necessarily a good one. Its greatest strength is that it wants to talk about what's on our minds right now and not wait for historians.

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