Still, I found myself wondering about Vice’s accuracy in portraying its figures. But clearly the Academy found it good enough to nominate it for Best Picture, and plenty of critics found it worth thinking about. (I had an argument over it with Vox’s own Todd VanDerWerff.) Adam McKay’s caustic portrait of Dick Cheney and the rise of modern Republicanism had a lot of potential, but in my view, it squanders that potential with muddled metaphors, a strange lack of insight, and a misguided fixation on castigating its audience. Is Vice accurate? Or is it a mess?Īlissa Wilkinson: Vice is one of the more divisive films in the running at this year’s Oscars. Jenn and Zack also co-host Vox’s international affairs podcast Worldly. Joining the conversation are Alissa Wilkinson, Vox’s film critic Jennifer Williams, senior foreign editor and Zack Beauchamp, senior politics and policy correspondent. Bush), and two for McKay (for directing and writing). It’s been one of the most talked-about movies in the Best Picture race, and it garnered eight Oscar nominations overall, which include one for Bale, one for Amy Adams (playing Lynne Cheney), one for Sam Rockwell (playing George W.
Here, we talk about Vice, Adam McKay’s movie about Dick Cheney (played by Christian Bale) and the rise of the modern GOP. What makes this film appealing to Academy voters? What makes it emblematic of the year? And should it win? In the runup to the Oscars on February 24, Vox’s staff is looking at each of the eight Best Picture nominees in turn. And thinking about what the Academy voters - as well as audiences and critics - found enticing about them can help us better understand both the state of Hollywood and, broadly speaking, what we were looking for at the movies this year. There’s a superhero film, two political satires (one set in an 18th-century royal court and one set in the White House), a movie about infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan, a classic Hollywood remake, a classic Hollywood feel-good buddy comedy, a rocker biopic, and a sweeping domestic drama. The chaotic road to the 2019 Oscars ceremony, explained
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