Roger Ebert gave W. a full four-star review, hailing it as a "fascinating" film. Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter wrote in his review that W. was "a bold but imperfect film," stating it "hopscotched" over Bush's career too much. Honeycutt did, however, praise W.'s timeliness.Roger Ebert: W. Movie Review (October 15, 2008) The Hollywood Reporter: W. Movie Review (October 8, 2008)

Variety's Todd McCarthy criticized W. for being neither "a scorching satire or an outright tragedy," but instead a flawed movie with "pithy" interludes and "sophomoric" song choices. McCarthy also thought the movie was weakened by a "lack of perspective" since Bush was still president when it was made.Variety: W. Movie Review (October 8, 2008)

Mike Goodridge of Screen Daily thought W. would be "better appreciated" in future years, but thought it "[held] up as a dramatized character study of the father and son presidents." Critic Emanuel Levy wrote in his review that W. was simply "too late, too little, too restrained and too conventional."Screen Daily: W. Movie Review (October 8, 2008) Emanuel Levy: W. Movie Review

1. Release date: October 17, 2008
2. Director: Oliver Stone
3. Producers: Oliver Stone, Ethan Smith, Bill Block and Moritz Borman
4. Screenwriter: Stanley Weiser
5. Distributor: Lionsgate
6. Original title: BushVariety: Oliver Stone Votes for Bush Project (January 20, 2008)
7. Stone says W "not as psychologically heavy" as his 1995 Oscar-nominated Richard Nixon biopic, NixonScreen Daily: Interview: Oliver Stone (May 30, 2008)
8. Oliver Stone and George W. Bush both attended Yale around the same time, though Stone doesn't remember meeting Bush thenEW.com: First Look: Oliver Stone's Bush Biopic (May 7, 2008)
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