“Vice”

Better late than never, right? I finally saw “Vice”, the story of Dick Cheney, the puppet master behind “W”‘s presidency and the supposed architect of the Iraq War and many of the other major problems that the U.S. has had to deal with. Written and directed by Adam McKay, who made a similar film a few years ago called “The Big Short” which dealt with the housing crisis. This movie is handled much the same way minus a lot of the fourth wall cuteness that film had. It’s a very well written movie. No matter what side of the aisle you sit on, you’ll find this movie pretty entertaining. It does a terrific job at telling it’s story by weaving in and out and offering up a insider’s look at a failed presidency moving along at a good pace. Christian Bale is great. Maybe it was all the make up, but he became Cheney. He completely disappeared in the role. Sam Rockwell and Amy Adams also got nominated for their roles, but I didn’t think they were anything that special. Adams has been better before. I don’t know how much of this movie was fact or not. I’m guessing many liberties were taken, but nonetheless, this is still a very entertaining history lesson.

Rating (****)