Currently 65% on RT and changing.
Critic 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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Critic 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.
https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/vice-is-gimmicky-but-christian-bales-cheney-is-spot-on.htmlAcknowledging the intense secrecy that continues to surround Cheney, those titles close with the assurance that the filmmakers have "done their f***ing best." Their fucking best turns out to be pretty good, and in the case of Bale, pretty f***ing great.
Variety
https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/vice-review-christian-bale-amy-adams-dick-cheney-1203085211/"Vice..." though it pretends to reveal how power works, is ultimately content to remain on the outside, sticking its finger in the eye of power.
Hollywood Reporter
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/vice-review-1166477?utm_source=twitterThrough wit, surprise and an irrepressible ballsiness comes a scorching humor that neither curdles nor becomes exhausted.
TheWrap
https://www.thewrap.com/vice-film-review-dick-cheney-christian-bale-amy-adams/In an era in which the general public is organizing to confront the White House on multiple issues, this isn't the film we need right now.
https://812filmreviews.com/2018/12/17/vice-is-as-aimless-as-america-during-the-bush-years/Adam McKay's film shoves information down our throats like a Wikipedia breathing tube.
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottm...-adams-adam-mckay-george-w-bush/#2e415a153895One of the worst movies of the year, one that so plays up the idea of Cheney as a chess master that it lets an entire nation off the moral hook.
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