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With its action thriller score, exposition-packed dialogue and enthusiastic airbrushing of a chief executive who's still in power, it suggests not the typical American made-for-TV docudrama, but a Soviet propaganda effort from the 1970s that was designed to be aired on May Day.
Left wing fantasies like "The West Wing" and "Primary Colors" pandered to the daydreams of their core audience, but at least they gave their presidential heroes massive, often unpleasant flaws. This Bush has no flaws. He's a two-fisted smiley face. The movie should have ended with a 1-800 number telling people where to send campaign donations.
Odd, back when it came out Primary Colors was portrayed as a vicious scathing attack. I thought it was a somewhat, though not entirely, affectionate satire. I'm not sure how it should be lumped in with the West Wing, in any case.