Oliver Stone has done well in telling the story of George W. Bush from his wild youth to President of the United States in little over two hours, whilst also managing to fit in something of the Iraq War narrative into the screenplay at the same time. However, in doing so I do feel that he has only really scratched the surface of this man's life, and in honesty I feel I know little more about what really makes the man tick now, than I did at the beginning of the film... beyond perhaps the two rather simplistically portrayed relationships with his Heavenly Father and his human father. Whilst I welcome this film over no film at all, I can't help but think it would've been better for Stone to have produced two films - one of W. the president, and one of W. the man. The former could've have concentrated more on the Iraq war, which is clearly of great interest to Stone judging by one of the DVD extras. And the latter could've concentrated more on his conversion experience; which was somewhat glossed over, and also his stance on the more ethically controversial issues such as his stance against abortion, and his promotion of abstinence education. The latter approach might also have concentrated on his personal reaction to September 11th; something that must have touched him as deeply on a personal level as it did in a professional capacity. All in all this is a film worth watching though, and in addition to Josh Brolin's superb performance as George W. Bush, the supporting cast (with the exception perhaps of Thandie Newton's rather twitchy portrayal of Condoleezza Rice) were generally very good in their roles too.