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The Reagan Show
Directed by
Pacho Velez
and
Sierra Pettengill
TV-PG
2017
75m
Documentary
6.5
80%
54%
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Made up entirely of archival news and White House footage, this documentary captures the pageantry, absurdity, and mastery of the made-for-TV politics of Ronald Reagan.
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Cast of The Reagan Show
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Walters
Self
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage)
Ted Koppel
Self
Peter Jennings
Self (archive footage)
Sam Donaldson
Self
Donald Regan
Self (archive footage)
The Reagan Show Ratings & Reviews
RogerEbert.com
Godfrey Cheshire
At a time when sharp ideological stances are annoyingly ubiquitous, this film's lack of one is refreshing.
AV Club
Noel Murray
A picture of a presidency that traded on the celebrity of its chief executive to sell simple, reactionary ideas about taxes, social welfare programs, and national defense to fiercely devoted supporters.
Vox
Alissa Wilkinson
The Reagan Show does something that counts as a radical act these days: It looks back at history -- actual history -- by letting historical footage speak for itself, without any talking heads to tell us what to think.
Wall Street Journal
John Anderson
... a provocative and amusing look at President Ronald Reagan's use of television to sell economic plans, missile treaties and, mostly, himself.
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
It's a glib and scattered exposé, the sort of ersatz thesis film that invites you to chuckle at the sight of Reagan doing multiple takes of a campaign commercial while flubbing the name "Sununu" over and over again.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
"The Reagan Show" helps attach a face to the name, but it doesn't accomplish much more than that.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
It's like a time capsule prologue to today's world, no more prescient than when a 1988 Reagan lets on to David Brinkley with exit-interview folksiness that he often wondered "how you could do the job if you hadn't been an actor."
Village Voice
Mike Laws
Rather than reveal a showman, The Reagan Show in the end imitates one.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
An irony-laced view of the Reagan years and the birth of made-for-TV governing.
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
The political documentary counterpart to bootleg records, where the most telling moments are often the studio chatter.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Velez and Pettengill's film is a work of found-footage commentary about the nature of our modern political paradigm.
The Film Experience
Glenn Dunks
This documentary frustrates by being too wishy-washy about its subject. At times seemingly a glowing celebration of his achievements, at other times a comedy made up of his bumbling errors, [it] never finds a personality of its own amid the footage.
It's Just Movies
Ron Wilkinson
There is comfort in those rounded corners of the TV frame even as the world moves past appearances.
The Nation
Stuart Klawans
Pettengill, an expert on researching and using archival material, has masterfully plucked such scenes out of the 66-foot colossus of videotape that Reagan's staff piled up.
National Review
Kyle Smith
Consisting entirely of archival footage from the Reagan era and before, the remainder of The Reagan Show is an exercise in snark that seems aimed at Baby Boomers still pining for Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale.
Film Inquiry
Chloe Walker
The Reagan Showis sometimes funny, sometimes frightening, and always fascinating.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
Refreshingly amusing, unbiased, and captivating
Hammer to Nail
Jessica Baxter
The result is equal parts amusing, upsetting, and apropos with regard to our current political poop show.
Nonfics
Andrew Karpan
It's like Veep for '80s kids.
Under the Radar
Austin Trunick
Running less than 75 minutes, it's over too fast, but that hour and change are certainly fascinating.
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