Bush's Brain

Name: Bush's Brain
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 27, 2004
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 48

2004

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Tartan | Release Date: August 27, 2004 | PG-13

Summary: This documentary examines the relationship between George W. Bush and Karl Rove, one of his closest advisors.

Director: Joseph Mealey and Michael Shoob

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 80 min

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Jonathan Curiel

The film is a damning look at a key Bush operative. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

One of the better political documentaries flooding into theaters after "Fahrenheit 9/11" and before the election. Read full review

Merle Bertrand

Full of enough legitimate red meat to incense salivating Democrats who can't wait to tear into a pound of Bush's flesh in November. Yet, this film should truly frighten partisans on both sides of the aisle. Read full review

Peter Rainer

I’m not sure that depicting Rove as a demonic Wizard of Oz does much more than stir righteous indignation among the already indignant. A more pertinent and challenging mission would have been to show just how the public can be gulled by Rove's dirty tricks in the same ways again and again. Read full review

Jack Mathews

The movie feels like a rush job and at times its tactics are as suspect as those attributed to its subject. But when it comes to political strategy trumping policy in the Bush White House, it makes its case. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Constructed out of poorly supported accusations, vague innuendo, and naked emotional appeals, Bush's Brain has a Rove-esque quality of its own. Read full review

J.R. Jones

Distributors are clearly scraping the bottom of the barrel with this flimsy exposé of presidential adviser Karl Rove. Read full review

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