SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

grantss Powerful, clever, original and very realistic.A "documentary" of the assassination of George W Bush in 2007. Much of the footage is of actual Bush speeches and the like, cleverly spliced with staged material to make a fictional story. It fits together so smoothly and seamlessly you would not know that this is fiction.Solid performances from the actors in the staged segments give this a very authentic feel.Not just a good story, but a profound one too, one with great social and moral observations. It powerfully highlights the hysteria, irrationality and injustice that prevails in society, especially in reaction to a catastrophic event, and also the prejudices that exist.I was expecting, with some trepidation, that this film was going to have some sort of political agenda, i.e that it would be a left-wing daydream or a right-wing attack on the opponents of Bush. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that it is very well balanced and has no real political agenda.

dromasca This film caused a lot of controversy last year and the subject is certainly something to talk about. If we need to put it in a category it would belong into political fiction - the story of a political crime that luckily was never committed, but takes inspiration from the political killings in American and world history of the 20th century, from the assassination of president Kennedy and up to Yitzhak Rabin.As a political fiction movie the film is quite well made, with credible shots that make it look like a TV documentary made a few years after the crime. It is acted by unknown actors which adds credibility, as we do not associate them with any other role, and these are quite good, and fiction is combined with documentary by some fine editing. Less credible than the documentary atmosphere of the crime and investigation is the interpretation and the follow-up conclusions that the authors try to draw. As we all know history has taken a different course than the pessimistic scenario drawn in this movie, and because of this reason the film already looks outdated. Sometimes reality is better than the fictional history on screen.

pageiv During my Staff Duty this week I was able to watch Death of a President. This movie is shown in a "documentary" style concerning the events surrounding the assassination of Pres. George W. Bush. So far, the movie has shown in Toronto Film Fest and on BBC. Some reason US companies have shied from distributing it. Which is odd considering most of the anti-American junk they release.On to the movie: Spoilers galore, but then again you already know where this is going. The movie is shown with actual news flashes mixed in with fake news bulletins and interviews to trace a path from the time Bush lands in Chicago to the shooting to the follow-up investigation. Cutting to the chase, Pres. Cheney blames an Arab man who works in the same building in which the shooter was located. This "average" man who happens to be Arab just happened to train with Al Qeada in 2001, a character playing a Washington Post reporter called this just a misfortunate vacation spot. Which considering the Post I'm willing to assume that this guy was not an actor but an actual Post reporter.The true shooter, the director of this "documentary" discovers is a black Gulf War vet that lost a son in Iraq and had another develop a drug addition upon returning. Showing the true incompetence of the Fed Govt at times, this shooter leaves the area, drives out in the country and kills himself, but not before leaving his son a suicide note, which the Feds never take serious. Which is odd since high school kids posting threats to the Pres on Myspace get a call from the Secret Service.The movie was interesting to say the least. It had elements of JFK, Fahrenheit 9/11, Manchurian Candidate, and Forrest Gump all rolled into one. Half my brain felt sorry for the President being shot then the other remembered this is a liberal "hit" piece on all things Bush. Im just surprised the 2000 Florida recount wasn't thrown in there just for kicks. As much as I was ready to turn it off, I felt compelled to continue watching because I remember where I was when Bush was shot, no wait, I was watching it then. Anyways, in a step for movie making they can make anything possible, and any moral restrictions are eliminated. I'd like to see if a movie where President Hillary Clinton is assassinated would be made. In the end, I'd think not. For this movie is the ultimate liberal wet dream and so amazingly over the top in heavy handedness it comes across as High School creative writing assignment.

unkadunk0801 I heard of the movie last year and was of course quite curious about it and while on vacation in June in SanFrancisco found it in a video store and when I came back to purchase it the next day it was already gone.And after searching in my neighborhood for it was able to find it and was able to get a copy of it and watched it today.And it was excellent because it looked so real that it was hard to believe that none of it was true.And the way the real footage of President Bush and VicePresident Cheney was put in the story made it all more believable. And since it was cast with unknown actors all of whom did excellent jobs in their roles that helped to make it even more believable.And in my humble opinion I think that this movie should be shown uncut on TV so that more people should be able to see it.