Movies are all about drama, not history-by-the-books.

Oliver Stone and Stanley Weiser get it exactly right by focusing on Bush's character, not on trying to capture the verbatim history of events. There was a lot of good reporting, particularly by Bob Woodward, but no stenographers were in any of the important meetings. Therefore, everything is subject to speculation. And here is where Oliver and Stanley gave a fabulous, real, large, and acutely accurate psychological reading of W. and the events and people who surrounded him.

This film will be studied for generations. Not only is it fair to the subject, "W.", it is also fair to the real, underlying truth of the characters and the events. Which is a major-league accomplishment by the writer and the director. Kudos to both Stanley Weiser and Oliver Stone.

I saw it last weekened .Didn't think it was syomne's best. Further check the Box Office. After a fair showing on opening it then tanked like a stone and likely will not last another week in the theaters. in short..no one's going to see it.

It had some amusing scenes ..but overall I find it quite contrived in many aspects. When they pained Powell as a near deity and saint like figure I found that a bit over the top, to say the least considering he did do their bidding at The UN and that helped Bush lead the war into Iraq.