Story of a pleasantly clueless man, his much smarter wife and their bickering children really isn't too bad. Of course the conservatives didn't like this movie; it didn't portray Reagan as a brilliant visionary, which of course he wasn't anyway. It actually portrays him as a very nice, sincere, rather simple man. Nancy is harsh but very savvy. They clearly love each other, although they don't seem to have much attention left to spend on their kids. They seem to have cut out the lines that most peeved the conservatives, but that wouldn't be enough, because the conservatives idolize Reagan, except for the few with brains. Anyway, in terms of the debate, was Reagan evil or stupid, the movie makes a good case for stupid, and I wound up liking Reagan better than I ever did while he was in office (perhaps because Brolin is a better actor). Judy Davis was also excellent as Nancy. It's not a great movie, it feels a little long and it's very much a TV-movie type of thing, but it's quite watchable, probably worth about 6.5/10.
Review of The Reagans
