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eagleeyevikingJan 15, 2019

Lightning doesn't strike twice for director Adam McKay. To its credit, "Vice" boasts an interesting premise, and Christian Bale is phenomenal as Vice President Dick Cheney. However, the film's scattershot editing, tone, as well as theLightning doesn't strike twice for director Adam McKay. To its credit, "Vice" boasts an interesting premise, and Christian Bale is phenomenal as Vice President Dick Cheney. However, the film's scattershot editing, tone, as well as the feeling that events are being ticked off rather than deeply explored is what brings this biopic down.… Expand

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LamontRaymondDec 26, 2018

This is the classic case of expectations. Come off of The Big Short, the critics and I were expecting something much more. It's not a bad movie, but it's FAR from being one of the better films of the year, like The Big Short was. What wasThis is the classic case of expectations. Come off of The Big Short, the critics and I were expecting something much more. It's not a bad movie, but it's FAR from being one of the better films of the year, like The Big Short was. What was particularly galling was the "made up" sequence at the end when Dick Chaney apparently "blessed" Liz Chaney's coming out against gay marriage. Which was totally contrary to Chaney's public statements on the subject. Bit of a hack job there.… Expand

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AxeTFeb 7, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good but over-rated in the dopey media! Yes Christian Bale is great and worthy of the praise, as is the surprisingly creative energetic stylistic filmmaking and form it takes. At the same time that form is sloppy and uneven going naturalistic at times, broad comedy at others with its slacker humor randomly transposed on the serious content while obvious big jokes (Dick shooting friend on hunting trip) are glossed over and totally blown. Sloppy too with period flaws (texts were not in wide use in the U.S. until 2004).

Note to Mr. writer/director: Whatever Cheney's sins, his final monologue to camera is the most truthful bit of your movie, ironically. You are not being cleverly transparent and even handed by ending with it, but actually foiling your own liberal bias. It's good you included that bit of truth, it just doesn't fit the film you just made! Then far worse you idiotically blemish the entire film with your dumb over-the-top contrived focus group slapstick about "facts" button. Fool, facts are many and usually interpretive and of course selective, ESPECIALLY in a highly editorialized just over two hour movie! Oliver Stone who's done far more, far better similar fare would never stoop to such SNL style antics, but that's to be expected based on your past work.… Expand

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John935Apr 26, 2019

I have mixed feelings about this. Wanted to like it more than I did. It's long: Clocks in at 2 hours and 10 minutes. Did I learn from it? Not much, altho I remembered quite a bit. Bale's performance is wonderful (but isn't he always?). Yes,I have mixed feelings about this. Wanted to like it more than I did. It's long: Clocks in at 2 hours and 10 minutes. Did I learn from it? Not much, altho I remembered quite a bit. Bale's performance is wonderful (but isn't he always?). Yes, it's angry. Yes, it has funny bits. But for me it was LONG...… Expand

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KeithDowJan 25, 2019

Writer-director Adam McKay did a superb job illuminating the root of the financial crisis in 'The Big Short,' but his depiction of Dick Cheney's life in 'Vice' is far less cohesive, made all the more diluted by the constant cutaways thatWriter-director Adam McKay did a superb job illuminating the root of the financial crisis in 'The Big Short,' but his depiction of Dick Cheney's life in 'Vice' is far less cohesive, made all the more diluted by the constant cutaways that often seemed shoe-horned into the film.… Expand

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AdamBeamJan 26, 2019

A movie that is practically carried on the shoulders of one actor, while the others do an admirable job like Adams, Rockwell, Carrel,they're all led by Christian Bale's showstopping performance as former VP Dick Cheney. With one of Bale'sA movie that is practically carried on the shoulders of one actor, while the others do an admirable job like Adams, Rockwell, Carrel,they're all led by Christian Bale's showstopping performance as former VP Dick Cheney. With one of Bale's most impressive physical transformations, looking nearly identical to that of Cheney, he becomes the man personality wise as well. I also enjoy that while the movie paints Cheney as the bad guy, they do admit that a lot of what they do is merely speculation, as they know that very little is known about Cheney and his activities in office. However the movie is hurt by some very weird choices, especially in the narrative. The movie is randomly interrupted by random scenes and some very obnoxious editing choices, as well as a narrator character that really doesn't serve any other purpose then explaining all the political talk and one joke towards the end, as well as inconsistently placing him into some random points in the movie. Overall the movie is just kind of confused in what it wants to be, but is really held together by the glue of Bale's performance, which I cannot praise enough.… Expand

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Bertaut1Feb 5, 2019

Pretty enjoyable, very funny, but doesn't tell us anything new

Ostensibly a biopic of former Vice President Dick Cheney (Christian Bale), Adam McKay's Vice argues that he was actually the de facto President, with George W. Bush (SamPretty enjoyable, very funny, but doesn't tell us anything new

Ostensibly a biopic of former Vice President Dick Cheney (Christian Bale), Adam McKay's Vice argues that he was actually the de facto President, with George W. Bush (Sam Rockwell) taking a back seat, particularly in the globally crucial years from 2001-2003. Much as was the case with BlacKkKlansman (2018), Vice has one eye on the here and now, using Cheney's story as a vehicle to examine the current political climate in the US. However, although there are individual moments of brilliance, the film doesn't actually have a huge amount to say.

Beginning in Wyoming in 1963 as a young Cheney is arrested for drunk driving for the second time, the film then cuts to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, as Cheney orders the shooting down of any suspicious commercial airliners, despite Bush not signing off on such an order. How he got from the first point to the second is the film's main focus.

Presented as devoid of ideology, with a Zelig-esque ability to alter his mannerisms, McKay's Cheney has no interest in attaining power so as to influence policy or stimulate ideological change, he is obsessed only with power-for-power's sake. One scene sees him ask Donald Rusmfeld (Steve Carrell), "what do we believe?", only to be met with laughter. He's also portrayed as a mercenary; a chilling scene sees him give his daughter Liz (Lily Rabe) permission to condemn gay marriage, despite his other daughter, Mary (Alison Pill), being married to a woman.

As with The Big Short (2015), Vice is aesthetically audacious, cut by Hank Corwin in a similar manner to the "horizontal editing" Oliver Stone pioneered in his 90s films. For example, as Chaney attempts to manipulate Bush into agreeing to give him more power, there are intercepts of fly-fishing. In another scene, when he first learns of the Unitary Executive Theory, there is a shot of a lion bringing down a gazelle.

Also similar to The Big Short is the film's irreverent tone. A particularly sardonic scene comes about an hour in, as the film shows Cheney turning down Bush when he asks him to be his running mate in 2000. At this point, the legend explains that Cheney had chosen family over politics, and that he happily lived out his days in Wyoming. As the Cheneys gather around a family barbeque, triumphant music swells, and the closing credits start to roll, only for the movie to interrupt itself, pointing out that that's not what happened. It's a very meta technique, and one which mocks feel-good biopics. Another very funny scene sees Cheney and his wife Lynne (Amy Adams) speaking in iambic pentameter after the narrator points out, "we can't just snap into a Shakespearean soliloquy that dramatises every feeling and emotion." In another scene, a waiter reads from a menu that features various forms of Cheney-endorsed torture. A hilarious mid-credit scene sees a focus group descend into chaos when a conservative calls a liberal a "libtard", prompting a mass brawl, whilst two young girls ignore it so as to speculate about the new Fast & the Furious film. For all that, however, Vice isn't a patch on The Big Short, for a number of reasons. For example, whereas in The Big Short, the self-reflexive Tristram Shandy-style narrative structure worked to the film's advantage, providing a way into the complex story, here it has the exact opposite effect, oftentimes distracting from McKay's thematic concerns. The most egregious problem is that the film fails to give any kind of psychological verisimilitude to Cheney, depicting his various deeds without offering much in terms of motivations. Is he simply an opportunist? Is he an evil megalomaniac fuelled by a deeper purpose, and if so, what purpose, and how? Could it all really have been about power? The film's Cheney is ultimately unknowable, and that makes his acts more excusable.

Cheney pressured the CIA to find non-existent links between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein so as to justify an illegal invasion of Iraq. He oversaw the public relations campaign to build popular support for the war. He encouraged the torture of terror suspects all the while denying it was torture. He was responsible for the worst strategic blunder in US history, the growth of a domestic surveillance state, the dictatorialisation of the office of the President, and the deaths of 4,000 American troops and at least 100,000 Iraqi civilians. Positing him as a man who was power-mad and little else, Vice remains always on the outside, never managing to open the door and expose his actual inner workings. The comedy and structural experimentation make it entertaining, but it tells us very little about Cheney that we didn't already know. Strip away the artifice, and you'll find it doesn't have a huge amount to say, and rather than exposing Cheney's dark soul, the film argues that he doesn't have one. And that is a far less interesting thesis.… Expand

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EstebaanJan 30, 2019

Se desespera Adam McKay por introducir chistes forzados para que el espectador no deje de ver la película. Destaco únicamente a Christian Bale que nos vuelve a maravillar con su actuación.

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moviemitch96Jan 3, 2019

Adam McKay (Anchorman, The Big Short) writes and directs, and Christian Bale completely transforms himself in order to portray Vice President Dick Cheney, shaving his hair and gaining over 40 lbs. for the role. He's practicallyAdam McKay (Anchorman, The Big Short) writes and directs, and Christian Bale completely transforms himself in order to portray Vice President Dick Cheney, shaving his hair and gaining over 40 lbs. for the role. He's practically unrecognizable, and his performance is easily the film's biggest highlight, with some strong supporting turns from Amy Adams as Lynne Cheney, Steve Carell as Don Rumsfeld, and Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush. The rest of the film, however, is a little all over the place, both in terms of story and politics. While there are some genuinely funny moments to be found in the film, the rest consists of plenty of left-wing and liberal biases (a scene at the end of the film even pokes fun at this) and really only focuses strictly on that point of view, which I guess should've been expected, considering it is a film told from Cheney's point of view. The film's story also jumps around quite a bit from year to year, making the flow of the film feel not very fluid. Overall, it's the performances that really make the film, and there are a handful of clever and funny moments, but the film's editing, inconsistent narrative structure, and left-wing and liberal biases that really only offer one side/point of view limited the film's impact for me, which like I said, is understandable since it's a film about Cheney, but I still hoped for slightly more and was slightly let down in the process.… Expand

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imthenoobJan 7, 2019

Bale carries the movie, Simple as that. He does a fantastic job as Chaney but Vice just fails to impress. It's a very straight-forward bio-epic that kind of glances over various parts of Chaney's life. The only other stand out part would beBale carries the movie, Simple as that. He does a fantastic job as Chaney but Vice just fails to impress. It's a very straight-forward bio-epic that kind of glances over various parts of Chaney's life. The only other stand out part would be the great narration by Jesse Plemons. Aside from that, Vice doesn't do anything out the ordinary and it fails to keep you entertained and invested.… Expand

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Compi24Jan 5, 2019

Adam McKay's second foray into serious filmmaking dodges the milder attributes of its predecessor -- "The Big Short" -- in favor of an approach that one could argue is a bit of a cinematic tirade. Now, whether or not that tirade is warrantedAdam McKay's second foray into serious filmmaking dodges the milder attributes of its predecessor -- "The Big Short" -- in favor of an approach that one could argue is a bit of a cinematic tirade. Now, whether or not that tirade is warranted may depend on your political background -- something I don't necessarily want to get into here. But I'll say this much; "Vice's" biggest drawback may be the fact that it doesn't really wish to seek an audience other than the one it'll most assuredly pocket. The movie is a bit of a political finger-wagging towards those in favor of or even ambivalent towards the figures depicted. Still, Bale's evocation is nothing short of astounding, and it is good to get some kind of take nowadays, instead of the watered down, apolitical cardboard we'd get from a more mainstream version of this material. I just wish it was a little less hysterical.… Expand

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BbpfankuchDec 26, 2018

Took my family of five and we all felt it fell short as a comedy. The acting was amazing. I’ll give you that. The contents made me feel uncomfortable with how liberally slanted it was, and I’m a liberal.

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MattyiceJan 10, 2019

While entertaining and funny at some points, Vice ends up being a lot more messy than McKay's first foray into intellectual film in The Big Short. The acting from Bale, Adams, and Rockwell, amongst others, is superb and easily the best partWhile entertaining and funny at some points, Vice ends up being a lot more messy than McKay's first foray into intellectual film in The Big Short. The acting from Bale, Adams, and Rockwell, amongst others, is superb and easily the best part of this film. However, its cinematography and tone is all over the place and often comes off as pretentious and non-sensical. In addition, the film should've cut a lot of its first half fluff and put greater focus on Cheney's time in the Bush White House, where most of the action and the best action happens. While there are moments of promise, McKay's sophomore effort comes across as a more juvenile and unfocused attack on a fascinating man, of which Bale compared to the devil.… Expand

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moviecritic68Jan 2, 2019

I only kept this out of the red due to acting performances. Once again the liberal Hollywood elites & critics are salivating all over themselves creating a film which does its best to pummel Cheney's whole personal & political life. Just lookI only kept this out of the red due to acting performances. Once again the liberal Hollywood elites & critics are salivating all over themselves creating a film which does its best to pummel Cheney's whole personal & political life. Just look at the producers and it tells you all you need to know. Bottom line liberal fellowship will praise it and conservatives will see it as a opinionated propaganda film.… Expand

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JLuis_001Jan 7, 2019

This film didn't end up being what I expected or what I wanted. It is a film well done but nothing memorable, except the fabulous performance of Christian Bale.

Adam McKay wasn't able to replicate what he achieved in The Big Short but itThis film didn't end up being what I expected or what I wanted. It is a film well done but nothing memorable, except the fabulous performance of Christian Bale.

Adam McKay wasn't able to replicate what he achieved in The Big Short but it seems that his career is now focused on other types of stories and not comedies, which is good.

But if there was something that this film made me think a lot, was the monologue of Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men. A general who extols the importance of the military and people like him and the things they do in the name of national security.
Something very similar to the final monologue of this film. Which would undoubtedly be more difficult to judge if it were only in the name of national security, but if something has often been put in evidence about the White House is that monetary interests always go before anything.

And the mid-credits scene? Words are unnecessary.

Watch it if you have the opportunity, it's not a bad film. You will not be wasting your time but definitely in the end, I admit it, it will be very forgettable.… Expand

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LegendaryLassJan 7, 2019

Vice walks a difficult line... is it shedding light on the life and rise to power of Cheney or is it mocking him? The intention seems to be "both" but ultimately the film feels like it's making light of really troubling history and people inVice walks a difficult line... is it shedding light on the life and rise to power of Cheney or is it mocking him? The intention seems to be "both" but ultimately the film feels like it's making light of really troubling history and people in power. Scathing and snarky are not a good mix and McKay is over-reaching with his personal voice, adding no particular insight or depth to any of the precedings of this monstrous administration.… Expand

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ProteusDec 25, 2018

Probably the worst blend of comedy and drama ever. Some great comedic moments. Potential for great dramatic moments. Horrible combination of the 2. Great acting. Compare Vice to a movie like American Hustle which put comedy and drama togetherProbably the worst blend of comedy and drama ever. Some great comedic moments. Potential for great dramatic moments. Horrible combination of the 2. Great acting. Compare Vice to a movie like American Hustle which put comedy and drama together perfectly. Vice is entertaining and very very disappointing.… Expand

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JediMosEisleyDec 25, 2018

The film has large gaps in facts and is heavily partisan, and tries to be humorous, but it falls flat every time. How can any film name virtually every president over the last 40 years and not mention Clinton?

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tropicAcesDec 25, 2018

There’s a good movie buried somewhere in here, but just like “The Big Short,” McKay the director gets in the way of McKay the screenwriter. The tone and pacing are all over the place, and by the end McKay tries to act like Cheney was doingThere’s a good movie buried somewhere in here, but just like “The Big Short,” McKay the director gets in the way of McKay the screenwriter. The tone and pacing are all over the place, and by the end McKay tries to act like Cheney was doing what he did out of love for America, except the first two hours do nothing but paint him as an oligarch. Bale is great and Carell is fun, though.… Expand

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rowlandsJan 10, 2019

McKay is a very artsy filmmaker, which is definitely not my style of film. However, this film has worthy performances, especially Christian Bale's, which is on its way to win that Oscar. Overall, not a great film to watch, but above average.

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TrevorsViewJan 10, 2019

Much like how the quiet man seeks satisfaction from his own perishable fate, Vice gives a temporary sense of thrill about one who committed his entire life to claiming fame. The feature declares in the prologue that those involved did theirMuch like how the quiet man seeks satisfaction from his own perishable fate, Vice gives a temporary sense of thrill about one who committed his entire life to claiming fame. The feature declares in the prologue that those involved did their ‘effing best to stay true to the real story… sure. Research proves otherwise. Look up some articles about the real Dick Cheney in your spare time: a little research should prove those producers wrong.

The director, Adam McKay, returns to the same narrative approach he used in his Academy Award winner three years back, The Big Short, except now, the excessive racket drowns out any point addressed. In fact, any point made seems intentionally blocked so you overlook its lies.

McKay jumps around the timeline randomly, which buffers complex relationships to selfish action movie clichés, but at least Independence Day understood that civilization must stop aliens together, unlike this movie which holds back necessary prominence of communication between countries. The public doesn’t need more movies that throw excessive noise around simultaneously, but a somber tale amongst the shrill media, especially when it’s about powerful men as corrupt as Dick Cheney.

That very man is played by Christian Bale (who just won a Golden Globe for this role) beneath distractingly bad makeup, which doesn’t matter a whole lot as the actor beneath those obvious prosthetics understands the script’s jokily serious satirical style. Bale appropriately looks ready to murder despite working a “nothing” job, his authority screams when he watches a house fly around Lynne Cheney’s rants, then again around Bush. As events creep closer to the end credits, his performance turns more cuckoo than the clock draining out a heartrate beep that signals when it is time for Dick to get a heart implant.

Yet the annoying static of that heart monitor won’t shut up as it tracks how hot your pulse gets watching this. Most fathers of today’s kids will want to throw on earmuffs to stop their blood from boiling, because these fake people use a congressional board game illustration/fascism propaganda to silence democrats. Most mothers will dislike this product because of Amy Adams… just… yikes! Her portrayal of Mrs. Lynne Cheney is way too soft!

In fact, some viewers will feel injustice done for the way they’re depicted on screen. A nauseating camera “crops” the cinematic versions of the Cheney couple put on by Adams and Bale, possibly not to match the mockumentary filmmaking style, but more to block out the bad CGI effects that came from production problems. Thus, you don’t get the maximum impact of this man who changed history without anyone aware of his ghostly existence.

Cheney keeps the same lips of a swine and eyes of a poltergeist—a controlled harsh pig with lipstick immobilizing his speech, a Christmas ham after revenge against the butchers taking credit for the delectable flavor. The problem is that none of that strong addictive bacon flavor is detectable to the taste buds, just the fatty parts left behind. Maybe if Dick talked a little more about his own health over the film’s long timeline, his actual hopes and dreams could give us clear reason to care? Then that way, McKay could’ve focused less on trying to land a gut-punch, and more on ensuring that Mr. and Mrs. Cheney reciting poetry before bed isn’t boring to watch.

Frankly, Adam McKay was the wrong choice to write the screenplay due to his lack of extreme sincerity in grasping human change. He resorts to instead creating a testosterone biopic focused on Cheney’s smoking gun that bloomed up a mushroom cloud seen from Tokyo. Consequently, the women actors’ efforts to stand out look like mice to be trampled upon by the men.

Yet for every mousey performance, it’s all made up for in the way Sam Rockwell breathes a truthful depiction of George W. Bush. Rockwell contrasts the quick beat of an ironic commercial interrupted by 9/11 footage, and does so with a slow, humane face. It almost makes his arguments about climate change reasonable! He mutters words humbly, like the real Bush, making a priestly presence the perfect counterbalance to the way Cheney sees an opportunity amongst everyone’s fear to the 9/11 attacks. Meanwhile, musical composer Nicholas Britell (The Big Short, Moonlight) gives each scene a genre based on the energy present, forcing a more intent listening ear for President Bush’s speech beyond the poltergeist’s interference…

…interference of your capacity to get something useful out of this film, that is. Instead of wanting to be just like Dick Cheney, listen to those higher! Listen to those lesser! Don’t rely on the evil pressed from Vice’s great big lies, a mock-up that only worships itself.… Expand

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JoeCoolApr 28, 2019

Left-wing inspired political movie, well acted but very biased to say the least. No matter what really happened, it doesn't bring much new information to light and can barely be called a biopic.

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katezoeJan 23, 2019

Very depressing movie showing the start of the Republican takeover of American values. Cringe worthy history of this country. Despicable!

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ahmedaiman1999Feb 3, 2019

Vice is an ostentatious, smug, heavy-handed and oversimplified intentional mess that's, nonetheless, highly entertaining, if not constantly engaging, movie littered with terrific performances from its star-studded cast.

(6.5/10)

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movieseeerJan 30, 2019

VICE DONE

Christmas was less than it’s parts with Hollywood tripping, studio execs must have been on Coke or Crack to come up with this holiday lineup. Mary Poppins? Another Sherlock Holmes comedy? Psyche drama Welcome To Marwen (aVICE DONE

Christmas was less than it’s parts with Hollywood tripping, studio execs must have been on Coke or Crack to come up with this holiday lineup. Mary Poppins? Another Sherlock Holmes comedy? Psyche drama Welcome To Marwen (a disaster). Auto-Stupid-Bots this time the Bumble Bee as a VW Bug (even a 3 year old would Vomit!) Mortal Engines the newest foolery from the ‘Peter Jackson’ crew of idiots (everyone hated it!) from Jackson the most overrated man in Hollywood. So Vice about Dick Cheney on Christmas Day gives you an idea of how creatively inept Hollywood studios have become lately.

Be that as it may Vice is at first, at least, fairly interesting stuff as Christian Bale and his cast of Hollywood Democrats, there are not Republican movie stars, attempt to portray Cheney as the real threat behind the Presidency. Sad to say though that ultimately it’s the same old show we’ve seen too many times. Iraq gets the last half an hour and it’s dull, dull, dull stuff. Everything we’ve all already seen, 11 years ago, not like Hitler was there! After we lost our so called Towers I suppose we needed to kill 600,000 Islamic fighters to even up the score, is what it looks like. We ‘lost’ 4,000 soldiers, so it doesn’t really feel like a war. Imagine if it were China or the USSR, so it was the usual ‘safe’ response from our Administration back then. Vice President Cheney is not all that visible in the film, Bale plays him fairly I’d say, probably hoping to show the quiet ‘villainy’ of Dick, which Bale recently compared (on the Golden Globes) to Satan and such, it’s all funny stuff from our famous movie star stuffed shirts, who these days endlessly look for another Democrat to return the nation to its usual quiet death slumber. Cheney actually comes off as rather humanitarian as his ‘gay’ daughter Mary is not thrown out but embraced by the Cheney family.

5.5 Out Of 10

Way too long. Way too. The performers are very good but the meat of the matter is lacking in so many directions. Skip this Christmas Turkey!

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BrunoVn00Apr 2, 2019

Out of all the Best Picture nominees at this year's Oscars, this is probably the weakest of all of them. This just screams "Oscar-bait". This movie failed to keep me invested in the story, I honestly felt it was a pretty boring movie, withOut of all the Best Picture nominees at this year's Oscars, this is probably the weakest of all of them. This just screams "Oscar-bait". This movie failed to keep me invested in the story, I honestly felt it was a pretty boring movie, with the only redeeming factors being the stunning make-up and the top notch performances, Christian Bale just steals the show. But other than that this is a pretty lame movie, with boring directing and writing, flat cinematography and the movie hardly made me laugh, it made me chuckle like twice so I don't know how's this also considered a "comedy".
If feel that the story was also lacking, granted this is a biopic and it's based on true events, but maybe make Dick Cheney a more interesting character in this film, I don't know maybe more development and scenes where the audience gets to see how much power he had, or something that makes this movie interesting!

I think even Black Panther is a better contender for Best Picture than this unispiring, bland and forgettable oscar-bait movie.… Expand

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mrmonsterMar 15, 2020

Despite having a great performance from Christian Bale, Vice ultimately fails at being political satire, and just fails at being funny. Ultimately, I found it underwhelming.

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RalfbergsMay 10, 2020

Very great actors in this and Christian Bale of course shines in this movies as he knows how to bring his roles to life, but as a story, even though at parts it was very important and great that it showed what happenned behind the scenes ofVery great actors in this and Christian Bale of course shines in this movies as he knows how to bring his roles to life, but as a story, even though at parts it was very important and great that it showed what happenned behind the scenes of starting Iraq war etc, the rest seemed a bit boring and not feeling like it deserved a whole movie for this one man Dick Cheney. In my opinion they should've focused on something more regarding the time of Iraq war etc and less on Cheney's life before etc, but thats just personal opinion… Expand

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Barbara_BarusJan 12, 2020

Vice is probably a great movie for a 50-year old American, but if you are not American movie is boring.
Everything is bad except a genius cast and costumes and makeup

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DawdlingPoetNov 27, 2021

This is an interesting film, if your curious about the life of the main character, Dick Cheney. Its more of a documentary style film than an all out drama I'd say. It felt more factual than entertaining - the performances are good and so onThis is an interesting film, if your curious about the life of the main character, Dick Cheney. Its more of a documentary style film than an all out drama I'd say. It felt more factual than entertaining - the performances are good and so on but it's not a memorable film. How accurate it is, I couldn't say but its ok. I wouldn't espcially recommend it as such, no.… Expand

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TheEventsOf1989Jan 21, 2020

Movies that are obnoxious and load do not make excuses for their story. I understand it was purposely abhorrent because it's putting you in the mind of its main character, but there were many story moments that lacked a lot of basic commonMovies that are obnoxious and load do not make excuses for their story. I understand it was purposely abhorrent because it's putting you in the mind of its main character, but there were many story moments that lacked a lot of basic common sense. A lot of the metaphors didn't really check out. On top of that, the story of "Vice" is basically the sum of a wiki page about Dick Chainey. The movie doesn't offer any other themes other than "Dick Chainey was bad." There were some funny moments, and they were entertaining, but the visuals were also average.… Expand

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Alex7718Sep 19, 2020

The acting was amazing. But the movie itself is not that great.....................

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