The Brink of War Reviews

I can usually excuse a fair bit of 'typical' and 'expected' propaganda, but this is one of those cases where I feel the need to call it out. The filmmakers' motives are as clear as daylight, and I fear that if it's not obvious to you, whether you enjoyed the film or not, then you are the target audience. Besides that, I think the film's biggest issue is its main character, Jeff Daniels, more so than Reagan. I just couldn't envision him as Reagan, whereas Harris blows it out of the park as Gorbachev. Some of the dialogue and quotes are brilliant and quite shocking when contrasted with the standards of modern-day Conservatives. All in all, it feels more like a Ronald Reagan campaign ad than a historical account of the event.

A film caught in its own history with no greater addition to stakes or interesting stories to tell.
Performances feel more like impersonations than re-enactments.
Clichés are piled upon each other for easy and obvious markers of success than actual gray area and subtlety.

Reagan talks about how the US is a land of immigrants, I wish the current president would think the same

Yay! They ended the Cold War!!! 🎊 🎉

watched the first few minutes of it and then left unfortunately (it was mystery movie monday) and my partner and i preferred to go to staples lol but im never going out of my way to watch it so this is my review for it lol😭

Humanity came within inches of nuclear war and these mfs still managed to make diplomacy look like a toxic situationship 💀

Portrayed the Russians really well. Any time spent away from the main conversation was a waste of time

"A system, no matter fascist or communist that subjugates every citizen denying them not just basic rights, but their God-given free will is a threat not just to one nation, but eventually to all nations."

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