Jon Voight, Mena Suvari and Penelope Ann Miller also star in the biopic directed by Sean McNamara ('Soul Surfer'), which hits all the major events of the former president's life and career.
. Starring James Brolin and a superb Judy Davis, the very controversial TV movie elicited scornful reactions from Reagan acolytes and barely made it to the airwaves. But no one should have similar reactions to the reverentialThis film, from a script by Howard Klausner and directed by Sean McNamara, tries to cover all of the politician’s life from his childhood to his death from Alzheimer’s, but it skims along the surface during all of the decades.
Although the movie runs a hefty 140 minutes, it often seems rushed as it checks off the highlights : California governor for eight years, defeat at the 1976 Republican convention where he challenged Gerald Ford, then his resurgence in 1980 and his landslide victory in 1984. Some of the controversies of his time in the Oval Office, notably the Iran-Contra scandal, are mentioned but sped over in about two or three minutes.
Quaid has been given puffy, rouged cheeks to match the familiar image of Reagan, and while his performance is competent, he never matches the charm that he conveyed in, where she portrayed Nancy as Lady Macbeth in high heels. Nevertheless, Miller makes an appealing presence and does convince us of Nancy’s lifelong devotion to her Ronnie. Other members of the very large cast don’t have enough to do to make much of an impression.
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