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Vice (2018)

Adam McKay’s (The Big Short, Anchorman – The Legend Of Ron BurgundyVice almost suffered from a trailer depicting a movie resembling a spoof. With The Killers’ hit song Who’s The Man playing in the background and a nearly unrecognizable Christian Bale (HostilesAmerican Hustle) almost dancing to the beat in between intermittent lines of him hyping himself up or talking about how he’s going to break all the rules when he becomes Vice President of the United States, McKay’s latest movie plays more like the Will Ferrell/Zach Galifianakis underrated comedy The Campaign that it does a biopic in the realm of Nixon, Lincoln, or Thirteen Days. Its nomination category at this year’s Golden Globe Awards was “Comedy.” But while Vice is constantly entertaining and is filmed in a way that, at times, feels like a mockumentary, it is very much a drama that you’ll sometimes feel guilty laughing at, even purposely designed humorous moments.

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