Reagan Movie: A Controversial Vision of the 40th President
The film’s treatment of its topic is belligerently hamfisted, disingenuous, and incurious. The Reagan moves well beyond hero worship, as it paints the 40th U.S. president as a saint among men. The film opens with Ronald Reagan (Dennis Quaid) quoting his mother via voiceover. “Everything, even seemingly random twists of fate, is all a part of the […]