Bush’s Brain

Year: 2004

Grade: B-

Country: USA

Director: Shoob

Review

one of the many documentaries that just sort of paints a picture with broad strokes. it’s successful in illuminating a fairly interesting character (karl rove), but seemed more speculative than concrete. it’s tough to really pin things on a guy like this, though, so maybe i’m expecting too much. from a filmmaking point of view the movie didn’t do anything special at all. at the same time it didn’t fall into any trite documentary conventions like poor reenactments in slow motion. worth checking out, but don’t expect to be blown away.