I had the day planned well: Strangers When We Meet, Petulia and Taxi Driver, but Q decided she wanted to watch Vice. The only problem with Adam McKay’s films is that they’re a bit like documentaries with lots of characters and lots of complicated information which combined with Hank Corwin hurling lots of images at you is quite exhausting and changes the shape of the day. (And somehow couldn't then be followed by Petulia.)
For me the problem with this film is Christian Bale / Cheney - uninteresting. But what he did was shocking and appalling (and laid the way for Trump's 'executive' behaviour now).
‘Did Americans watch it?’ Q asked. They did - it grossed $47m domestically.
Good cast otherwise: Amy Adams, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carrell, Eddie Marsan, Alison Pill, Jesse Plemons.
Won Oscar for Make Up and Hair - Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney. Adams, Bale and Rockwell were nominated, as were film, director, screenplay and editing.
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