Vice

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Vice

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Released Dec 25, 2018

2h 12m

Biography

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Drama

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Gov. George W. Bush of Texas 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 and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

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Critics Consensus

Vice takes scattershot aim at its targets, but writer-director Adam McKay hits some satisfying bullseyes -- and Christian Bale's transformation is a sight to behold.

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Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

What is perhaps most remarkable about Bale's and Adams's performances is that they supply depth and nuance to a film whose director appears to have had no appetite for either quality.

Jan 29, 2019

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

Despite this ongoing fishing analogy, it never actually manages to land the big fish.

Jan 29, 2019

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Matthew Norman

London Evening Standard

When a movie's premise is that its subject single-handedly moulded recent history, you want more depth and grandeur than this one provides.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 27, 2019

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

It has very little unique insight to share, and the various styles in which it attempts to convey what it does have comes off as either misplaced or pretentious.

Jul 14, 2024

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Brittany Patrice Witherspoon

Pop Culture Reviews

With its inconsistent tones and struggles to maintain a steady pace in its storytelling, less is revealed about his actual legacy (than audiences already knew) versus the filmmaker’s disdain for the protagonist.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Brian T. Carney

Washington Blade

McKay falls short of his fascinating attempt to both satirize and humanize Cheney.

Dec 7, 2022

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Isa B

Christian Bale delivered yet another truly remarkable performance as Dick Cheney in Vice. I was a bit surprised at this film. It was written and directed by Adam McKay, so my immediate thoughts after finding that out was an Anchorman or Step Brothers kind of comedy film. I like those comedies, but I wouldn't want to see a film about such a serious topic be relegated to a slapstick comedy. I wasn't disappointed. This was a very serious, yet entertaining satirical dark comedy about the most powerful Vice President in United States history. I really liked Vice a lot. I think it is a very good film and I definitely recommend. 87/100

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/14/24

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Matthew T

Low depth without explinatino of motivation and skimming over historical periods without a payoff. Pretty disappointing.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/04/24

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Sams K

Badass. The powers that be at "their best"... just watch this good movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/07/24

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Remi A

A movie worth watching just for the phenomenal performances — but anyone looking for a nuanced and cohesive satire might have to settle for that.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/16/24

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Kieran C

Well acted, but very boring

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/29/24

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Jeff M

When a Democratically leaning film lover such as myself recognizes that a movie is being unrealistically hard against a controversial Republican figure, you know there's something amiss. McKay's movie has all the subtlety of a jackhammer and is so busy making Dick Cheney a monster that they don't bother to make him a human. He's basically Michael Myers transported from Haddonfield IL to Washington DC. Bale does a fine impersonation but nothing beyond that. Adams is wasted in a nothing role. And it kills me to say that Carell is actively bad, as if he were in a comedy skit. I would have loved to see a movie that took the time to consider Cheney's assets AND liabilities. But the filmmakers' repulsion toward its subject is so obvious, all credibility is lost.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/24

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Synopsis

Gov. George W. Bush of Texas 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 and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.

Director: Adam McKay
Producer: Megan Ellison, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Kevin J. Messick
Screenwriter: Adam McKay
Distributor: Annapurna Pictures
Production Co: Annapurna Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions, Plan B Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Violent Images|Language)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 12, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.8M
Runtime: 2h 12m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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