From Movie Star to Political Icon Ronald Reagan's Films Revisited

Directed by Sean McNamara. Written by Howard Klausner based on the book, “The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism” by Paul Kengor. This by-the-numbers biopic is a soggy, second-rate attempt at myth-making that cares more about legacy than about who the man behind the legend really was. On Rotten Tomatoes, Reagan has a 25% score from critics and a 97% audience score, recently renamed the Popcornmeter. These scores are only based ... Unlike most modern streaming series, which stretch too little story over too many episodes, the Reagan movie compresses too much story into too little time. Find out Brad's thoughts in this review! Reagan: A drama based on the life of Ronald Reagan, from his childhood to his time in the oval ... The problem with that is that any interpretation of Ronald Reagan automatically feels like parody, as so much of his persona was either a relic ... Reagan presents the comically oversimplified perspective that President Ronald Reagan was singularly responsible for the collapse of the Soviet ... I suspect that the language used both in Hollywood and Washington, D.C., is generally spicier than what the film depicts. That said, this PG-13 ... Reagan is painfully slow, far too long, poorly written, and stylistically inconsistent. It also gets bogged down by bizarre casting and song ... Regardless of how you feel about Ronald Reagan the president, most will be united in finding this biopic a preachy, plodding, graceless groaner.