Reagan

"The film’s treatment of its subject is belligerently hamfisted, disingenuous, and incurious."

"As history, it’s worthless."

"Most of the major events in Reagan's life are covered, but few of them are recounted in an incisive fashion."

"It all makes for a plodding film, more curious than compelling."

"This is a Coles Notes level of biography that is convinced it’s The Greatest Story Ever Told."

"Mannered acting, dismal cinematography, clunky attempts to enhance excitement via gimmicks..."

"This is a 135-minute film that demands a lot more depth. And, so, to co-opt a political phrase from Bill Clinton, whom Quaid also has played: It’s the script, stupid."

"A worshipful biopic of the 40th U.S. President that often plays like the cinematic equivalent of CliffsNotes."

"Made up to look like Reagan, Quaid instead resembles one of those puppets from Genesis’s “Land of Confusion” video."

"A hollow portrait..."

"Reagan lacks any drama at all."

"A fawning biopic light on subtlety."

"It comes so close to parody that it brings to mind the “Saturday Night Live” “Mastermind” skit."

"Without any lifelike characters, it’s hard to find oneself caring..."

"Can’t even trace the broad outlines of your stock biopic, because it refuses to allow in its protagonist any kind of complicating flaw"

"Seems incapable of imagining what its protagonist was like in private moments or ascribing any interior complexity to him."