Vice (2018)

Plot:  A Biography-comedy-drama of Dick Cheney, VP under George Bush.
Stars:  Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Amy Adams

What a disappointment. And that's not due to politics. I'm pretty conservative, but I have zero love for Dick Cheney, and I knew the film slanted liberal, before I saw it.  But Vice wasn't what I expected - it was so disjointed and scattered.  Yes, Bale does a good acting job, but it was a long 132 minutes*. And  where was the comedy? There was comic acting - but no laughs. Certainly, the Iraq war - with 600,000 dead Iraqi's - wasn't funny. Nor was 9-11 and 3,000 dead Americans. But it wasn't a "drama" either. Drama about what? As for the Biography part, I lived through the Bush years, and didn't see anything interesting or new**.

Summary: While nominated for  an Academy Award,  Vice is a mediocre film with some good acting. Its too long, too diffuse, and badly edited. It tries to be funny and dramatic - and fails at both.  Unless you're a political junkie and/or hate Dick Cheney, I'd skip it***.

Notes
* = who cares that Dick Cheney worked as a lineman, or was in the Ford and Bush-I administration? Everything prior to 2000 should have been eliminated.
** = And Dick Cheney's isn't interesting - he's just another standard issue Republican pol. And  his family life is even more boring.
*** = The Producers should've made a straightforward attack on Bush-II. Why make it about the VP?  I assume they lost their nerve.