The Untold True Story That Changed the Course of History.
| Cast |
Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Alison Pill, Eddie Marsan, Justin Kirk, LisaGay Hamilton |
| Director |
Adam McKay |
| Screenplay | Adam McKay |
| Music | Nicholas Britell |
| Cinematography | Greig Fraser |
| Editing | Hank Corwin |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Atmos |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2018 |
| Produced by | Annapurna Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions, Plan B Entertainment |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | Strong impact frequent language used in conversations, insults and expressing frustrations. |
| Nudity | Low impact infrequent nudity in a non sexual context. |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Strong impact frequent violence justified by the context of the storyline. |
| Prejudice | Mild impact infrequent language of prejudice based on gender stereotypes and gay marriages in the history of America justified by the context of the storyline. |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None (sic) |
| Comments | The material contains complex and mature themes presented in a historical and biographical context exploring the politics of America, biography of a ruthless politician, the administration of G. W. Bush, becoming a vice president , political power, September 11th 2001, putting family first, political manipulation, political interference in foreign affairs, using army for personal gain, a war between America; Afghanistan and Iraq, civilians and soldiers dying, gay marriages and protecting America from terror attacks. The themes of terrorism, killing of innocent civilians with the aim of getting Bin Laden and Sodom, soldiers invading foreign countries and bombing buildings and houses could psychologically disturb, upset or distress younger viewers under the age of 16 years. The material also contains strong impact language justified by the context of the storyline in which impressionable viewers may normalise and emulate it. |
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| R: Restricted | Rated R for language and some violent images |
| Runtime | 132 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Suggested age limit 15 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Die Burger Petrus Malherbe  'Monster'-politikus te venynig uitgebeeld. | 10 |  |
| 24.com Gabi Zietsman Even if you feel bored with the circus that is real life American politics, Vice is worth a watch not just because of its take on an important part of modern history, but also a great narrative study on how facts are portrayed in biopics and will appeal to those in the film industry. Sometimes audiences forget that movies will always be filtered representations of reality, and Vice breaks that wall enough times to make sure its audience questions everything it’s showing them. | 15 |  |
| ScreenIt Jim Judy The result is something of a messy 130-some minutes of satire, political commentary and finger-pointing. But enough of it works and Bale’s transformation is so brilliant and, at most times, so completely believable that alone makes the film worth seeing. | 12 |  |
| Metacritic.com 48 critics | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 234 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Vice takes scattershot aim at its targets, but writer-director Adam McKay hits some satisfying bullseyes -- and Christian Bale’s transformation is a sight to behold. | 12 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 13 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Jeffrey M. Anderson Irreverent, mature biopic about VP Dick Cheney. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 76 users | 12 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 2117 users | 10 | |
| IMDB 10749 Netizens | 14 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 11 | |
Average .. 63% | 13 | |