Year: 2010 Director: Richard Loncraine
Distribution: Medusa
Evidently there is a reason why the films that focus on political figures last on average two and half hours each. It is explained inadvertently director Richard Loncraine, who sees awarded the burden of concluding the trilogy on the great British Prime Minister Tony Blair created by Peter Morgan. After "The Deal" and "The Queen", both directed by Stephen Frears, comes this "The two presidents."
The history of special relationship has been established between President Clinton and Tony Blair, both center-left. From the Lewinsky scandal, NATO intervention in Kosovo ...
As with the previous two films, in this case the final product is more like television. What remains at the end of the film is the feeling of having gone too fast. To have heard a story, but amputated several episodes. The problem then is actually the lack of a balanced breathing narrative that is expected of a plot that aims to cover about ten years of our recent history. Loncraine's film (half an hour and poor) trying to work around this problem by including scenes of married life that, as pleasant and nice, not anything to do with the description of the strong friendship that was between the two characters described. Moreover, one must say that both Clinton and Blair do not come out just fine from this representation, it is to be doubted whether this was a desired effect.
Well, good then only the two protagonists. Dennis Quaid is perhaps a bit 'too cartoonish, but it passes the test with the trade. Michael Sheen instead confirms its incredible interpretive skills.
Diego Altobelli (12/2010)
Evidently there is a reason why the films that focus on political figures last on average two and half hours each. It is explained inadvertently director Richard Loncraine, who sees awarded the burden of concluding the trilogy on the great British Prime Minister Tony Blair created by Peter Morgan. After "The Deal" and "The Queen", both directed by Stephen Frears, comes this "The two presidents."
The history of special relationship has been established between President Clinton and Tony Blair, both center-left. From the Lewinsky scandal, NATO intervention in Kosovo ...
As with the previous two films, in this case the final product is more like television. What remains at the end of the film is the feeling of having gone too fast. To have heard a story, but amputated several episodes. The problem then is actually the lack of a balanced breathing narrative that is expected of a plot that aims to cover about ten years of our recent history. Loncraine's film (half an hour and poor) trying to work around this problem by including scenes of married life that, as pleasant and nice, not anything to do with the description of the strong friendship that was between the two characters described. Moreover, one must say that both Clinton and Blair do not come out just fine from this representation, it is to be doubted whether this was a desired effect.
Well, good then only the two protagonists. Dennis Quaid is perhaps a bit 'too cartoonish, but it passes the test with the trade. Michael Sheen instead confirms its incredible interpretive skills.
Diego Altobelli (12/2010)
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