Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. This article was originally published on November 6, One aspect of all movies about real-life presidents — an aspect one worries future films will not share — is a reverence for the office of the president.
Their whole life becomes an origin story. Again, this feels like it will all change because of our recent situation. How reverential can anyone find the job after this? Not every president featured in these films is a great man.
But they are all Large Men, men of import and power. This is a look at fictionalized characterizations of real-life presidents, for better and, often, worse. The scene in which this happens will haunt your memories for years. Writer-director A. Edwards who served as an editor on To the Wonder and Knight of Cups gives the proceedings an ethereal Malick-ian glow. The camera swirls and glides over the actors, and the black-and-white imagery is gorgeous, but The Better Angels reduces the characters to mythic abstractions.
His mother is angelic. Kennedy Jeffrey Donovan. The Presley story here is a lot more interesting, and Spacey mostly seems to be doing an impersonation rather than an incarnation.
Not really worth the effort or time. Available to stream on Prime Video. Not surprisingly, Vampire Hunter was a commercial disappointment, but its cheesy gusto makes it perfect Sunday-afternoon cable viewing. Available to rent or purchase on Google Play and Prime Video. But Jefferson in Paris never quite succeeds as either a character study or a love story.
