Hulu has a movie about Dick Cheney called Vice

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I just finished watching it. It’s very good. It’s told in a very different way than most movies are, and this adds a very interesting perspective. Those of us who are a bit older and who have been political wonks for decades will recognize every detail in this movie. You’ll get reminders of things you haven’t thought about in years.

I recommend it highly to everyone, no matter how old, because it shows a lot about the things we’re still having to deal with. It’s not a typical political movie done in the usual way. It will hold your interest throughout.

The only thing that came as a surprise was the relationship between Lynn and Dick Cheney. I didn’t imagine it was that way, perhaps because I always despised both of them and only knew Lynn Cheney as the ultra conservative pundit on Crossfire in the 1990s. She was a very mean woman.

https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/vice-review-christian-bale-amy-adams-dick-cheney-1203085211/

Corrected the venue. It is Hulu, not Netflix where it is showing.

[TexasBushwhacker]

1. Christian Bale and Amy Adams were both nominated for Oscars n/t

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2. I can see why they were nominated.

Especially Christian Bale. I got totally caught up in the Dick Cheney character and only once or twice caught glimpses of Christian Bale under the makeup and Cheney mannerisms and then only momentarily. I still have the feeling that I was watching the real Dick Cheney.

[TexasBushwhacker]

3. He won a Golden Globe for it

And thanked Satan for inspiring him.

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4. Yes! I remember that now!

[ReformedGOPer]

5. Well worth watching.

[teach1st]

6. From the opening credits

The following is a true story.

Or as true as it can be given that Dick Cheney is known as one of the most secretive leaders in history.

But we did our fucking best.

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7. LOL!

[UniteFightBack]

8. My co worker raved about this. He said it was really eye opening. I've been waiting for it to come

to Netflix...thanks!

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10. It's on Hulu

I corrected that after my first post.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

9. Watched It, Appreciated The Performances, It Was NOT Complimentary To Cheney At All........

.............but I just couldn't stand it. It was like living through those gut-wrenching Bush years all over again. It showed essentially how we got to where we are today (i.e. the sections with Roger Ailes trying to start a RW news network, and Reagan scrapping the fairness doctrine, and how Cheney took a shit on our entire country in order to enrich his buddies, etc.)

I can appreciate the movie for the fact that it's trying to be a hit piece on Cheney, et al., but it just brought up too many painful memories for me. I remember the pit in my stomach I had after Bush won re-election in 2004, and I don't ever want to remember how that felt, nor do I want to feel it again next year.

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11. I watched it in two sittings

It was more than 2 hours long. Mostly as things were revealed in it I remember how we, in DU, were so right in all our speculations about what they were doing. They sure as hell didn’t fool everyone!