Vice

Vice is not a common political film. Along puts the spotlight on the life of Dick Cheney ( Christian Bale ), one of the most powerful American Vice Presidents of all time. The idea of ​​the production is to show how Cheney's politics changed the world we know and uses the absurd humor of the director Adam McKay to make sense of this story.

Parallel to his making the filmmaker The Big Bet an award-winning film, is also behind comedies like Almost Brothers and All for a Hole . This film is much more inspired by the director's previous work than the Oscar-winning film. He uses humor and quick dialogues to leave a character without charisma interesting in a new performance of Christian Bale .

As always, the actor turned to the role. In addition to gaining weight and thickening the neck to become even more physically similar to the former US Vice President, Bale is particularly distinguished by the vocal tone that, in addition to aging over time, is monotonous and practical. like that of the photo. With him we are witnessing the transformation of a man who did not know what to do with life for a manipulator who had managed to command a country of the vice presidency. And he approaches this point thanks to two characters: Donald Rumsfeld ( Steve Carell ) and Lyn Cheney ( Amy Adams ).

When one has a protagonist voluntarily without charisma, the necessary support actors that make the story always interesting and the film works very well each of them. Lyn is presented as a woman who has more dreams than her husband and it is she who makes him become a politician while Donald is the man that Dick wants to be. Adams and Carell are both more expansive and charismatic and play the lead role for much of the film. They are the ones who "build" Dick Cheney and, when they are not on stage, the director uses the editing to make the film more dynamic, especially in the relationship with George W. Bush, brilliantly experienced by Sam Rockwell . [19659002] The filmmaker leaves explicit metaphors instead of investing only in the monotonous tone of Cheney. While he persuades Bush to give him more powers as vice president, the director makes an badogy with fishing and literally shows that the future American president is trapped. This dynamic edition captures the public's attention in the most bureaucratic moments of production, but some viewers may be confused by the film.

uses terms that most people should not know. It is very accurate in moments and it only takes a wink or an inattention to lose the context of the story. Yet Cheney's way of showing that Cheney was a shadow of American politics for years was made in such a way as to open the minds of many people.

Cheney never had the light, but he still controlled the White House from afar. It was because of him that solar energy was delayed, he orchestrated the invasion in Iraq after 2001 and did what he wanted in the United States. The film shows how he handled the system to his advantage and grew to the point of becoming one of the most powerful people in the world.

Vice is an absurd comedy based on real events based on a dynamic edition, a sharp scenario and performances. Strong to tell the story of American politics in a manner both funny and thoughtful.