Leftists don't have agendas, they have a sense of fairness. There is no liberal elite. Oliver Stone doesn't speak for the left.
There is no such thing as a funny republican (besides PJ O'Rourke). Oh, and it's a movie, guys. Just a movie. This is why you are losing-you are afraid of your own shadows

Craig, Tolleson, US

well if it is a light and campy flick, that will be great.
who could, at this point, get into a serious movie about
our president? sounds like this flick will be just right
and just in time.
102 days to go

robert stevens, boulder,

'Nemo, when the French government takes half of your paycheck, what do you call that?'

Dave from California - It's true that the French take home less pay than you guys but France does have the best health service in the world, a fabulous public transport system and a lot less debt than America.

Nemo, strasbourg, France

My friends,
I enjoy much of Europe, but you can keep socialism and Obama as well. Just take a look at Chicago where Obama has "led" for the change that is coming. High crime & unemployment, high taxes, high murder rate, out of control corruption..Obama can keep his change.pip..pip..cheerio

Maverick, Virginia, USA

Why is it so cosmopolitan to detest one's own history and heritage? Perhaps our "progress" has us too far removed from an age when survival was not taken for granted, and human instinct, and indeed dominance, were appreciated rather than ridiculed.

James, Washington, USA

I agree that this is nothing more than an attempted "hit-job" on a good and decent man.
What I cannot, for the life of me, fathom why these Hollywood " elites" think that their opinions are really relevant, or matter at all.

Jack G. Daniel, Johnson City, TN, USA

"I can also only assume those of you who talk about 'European Socialism' have never been to Europe."

Nemo, when the French government takes half of your paycheck, what do you call that?

Dave, California, USA

"Josh Brolin comes close to turning Bush into a cartoon character" ?!?!.....er what? Surely Bush himself has already accomplished this. Sounds like Brolin has downplayed it.

Adios Bush, ta- ta, may you and your cronies rot. Let's see if the Republicans can buy/manufacture/swindle another election.

MikeJT, Manchester, UK

Just reading the vitriol on both sides in these comments - by people who haven't even seen the movie - makes me wonder if anyone has ever divided people as sharply as George W. Bush.

Fletcher Crossman, Charleston, USA

Steven in Florida...the movie doesn't come out until Friday 10/10...so please explain ho "Americans are avoiding it in droves?"

Is it possible to avoid a move that isn't even out yet?

Aaron, Indianapolis, USA

Haha - I love the way the word 'liberal' has become a perjorative term in American English. Thanks also for 'tree-hugger'. I can also only assume those of you who talk about 'European Socialism' have never been to Europe.

nemo, strasbourg, france

A better way to spend some time and money is "An American Carol".
W is nothing more than a hit piece,
and Americans are avoiding it in droves.
Enough of Hollywood liberals already.

Steve, Florida, USA

Can we do one of the Clinton and Carter years too? They'll be just as funny - promise!

MacCane, Miami,

Amen, EJM.
It always kills me that folks don't get on their soapbox and ridicule all the world's governments who believed hussein was accumulating WMDs. Probably the same people who think because they can repeat party lines, they understand the workings of the universe and human nature.

Mark, Jersey City, USA

Bush, what a joke!

Julie, London,

Scott wrote
" As far as being leftist, why not? The power in the arts is in it's ability to defy nationalism."

They may call it art in Texas, but in NJ we call it propaganda.

Ejm, NJ, USA

I'll wait till it comes out on cable TV in 2 years, where it belongs.

dj, Los Angeles,

Oliver Stone wouldn't know the real truth, facts, whatever, if it smack him his big jowls.

Kiki, Trussville, usa

Would the professional rednecks kindly SEE the movie, before becoming qualified to judge it ?

Stephen Degville, Toronto, Canada.

I wouldn't go see this piece of trash if someone gave me a ticket.

Debbie, houston, usa

Where have you or these actors seen America's leadership gulping down beer and coke, explaining stuff using sandwiches etc, to help their "fine impression" of them , or help you decide it is a fine impression?
Plus, I've seen a clip with Brolin, and there are better "impressions" of Bush than his.

Jake, London,

Bush earned his MBA from Harvard. Yale was his undergrad school.

Chris , Groton, MA,

I admit that filmmaker Stone has never been a documentarian. That said, most people understand that it is presented as a piece of entertainment, which by other trade reviews, it is to some degree. As far as being leftist, why not? The power in the arts is in it's ability to defy nationalism.

Scot, Dallas, USA

Oliver Stone. What a joke!

Jim, Fairburn,, USA

Oliver Rice Burroughs. Yawn.

Mack Hall, Kirbyville, Texas

Who cares? Enough of W already.

Jane, NYC, USA

"is little more than a mildly entertaining diversion, which doesn’t live up to the raucous promise of the trailers."

Ok.. WE TOLD YOU SO!!! Why do you people in the media pay any more attention to Oliver Stone that you do to a TV Drama director?

jona, Los Angeles , USA

So let's get this straight. The problem with this liberal movie is that it isn't slanted liberal enough, and the problem with this movie that is meant to be a fair biopic is that it doesn't savage the president enough? Stone should have done what the liberal press has done for 8 years-- lie a lot.

Pete, Issaquah, USA

While I do not plan on seeing this movie I do appreciate the even-handed nature of the review. Already here in the US the gushing reviews are coming out and I will not be surprise if there are predictions of Oscar nominations in the offing.

Rob Carbone, Babylon, NY, USA

*Yawn* I have absolutely NO desire to see this film. It'll tank. I'm surprised it's not going straight to video.

Brenda, Marietta, Georgia, USA

Just another transparent attempt by those with the ability to draw a crowd to move the country toward European socialism.

Wilbur, Easton, CT, USA

"Indeed, in the final scene, Bush seems to be imploding amid the fiasco in Iraq. In reality, he won another term. Which suggests that, for all his research, Stone never really understood the man. "

This says it all. Typical liberal. Wants to rewrite history and lie about the future.

ddr, usa,

Stone, who dropped out of Yale, getting back at GW, who earned an MBA from there.
Stone always plays loose with the facts when it fits his leftist agenda.

Edward, Salisbury,