Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Good concept, poorly executed.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Most of the characters were spot on. However, i don't know what footage Tim Bottoms used when he researched his Character. He had none of the inflections or mannerism of GW Bush. The way a person carries themselves is very telling of who that person is and I did not believe he was W. Bush. I liked the Condi character. i thought it was really her. The story line was about what you would expect for a movie to be heroic instead of being truthful. There seemed to be an opinion in the movie and that is not the purpose of good film. For true film lovers this falls flat. Of course, the story is powerful and we all know what happens. It was a sad day for the world and we can only hope that it will never happen again.

Reading the other reviews of this film are telling - and I think the posting by dromasca told it all - most viewers are unable to shed their political leanings concerning films like this, and most reviews (positive and negative) seem to be borne from one's personal leanings in that regard. It would be interested to note if this film had been released before the end of 2001, would it have garnered more positive reviews? But now in the wake of FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (and by the way if you have seen that film you owe it to yourself to also see FAHREN-HYPE 9/11 just to get a balanced report - before making up your mind), this film seems to add more fuel to the Bushfires. I found it to be a compelling Showtime TV movie, focusing on the perspective of President George W. Bush in the week following the Sept 11th attacks on the USA. While the focus and timing (released on DVD just in time for the 2004 presidential election; although the film itself debuted on TV on Sep 7 2003) may suggest propaganda (and there may be just a bit of heavy handed pro-Bush emphasis; but then, the film is told from his perspective); however the film is excellently put together and was written by respected historical writer Lionel Chetwynd (who wrote the terrific IKE: COUNTDOWN TO D-DAY, and who reportedly had unprecedented access to the key White House personnel, including GW, to ensure the comprehensiveness and relative accuracy of his script). As a result, the film seems reasonably credible. It's fascinating to discover some of the innerworkings of our government on that dark day, and to depict the human side of GW, even while resurrecting strong emotions over the events of that day – events which many Americans seem to have forgotten in their rush to criticize foreign policy… Timothy Bottoms is outstanding in his portrayal of GW, resembling him as he does physically (ironically, he played GW on TV's irreverent THERE'S MY BUSH) many of the other cast members bear a striking resemblance to the people they play also (Ashcroft, Rice, Rumsfeld, Cheney).

This might be the funniest movie I've ever seen. I'm not talking "Red Dawn" funny, I'm talking "Atomic Cafe" funny.It's that breed of propagandistic funny that is ripe for a Mystery Science Theater viewing experience, but just disturbing enough to make you ashamed of your country a little bit-- and ashamed that you actually paid to rent it, and thus contributed something to the producers.Still, overall a real hoot. Not even the Kremlin could beat it.But when I read the favorable (even gushing) reviews some people have written of this "film," the humor starts to evaporate, and horror sets in. As with "Atomic Cafe," more important than the absurdity is the fact that some (many?) people did not see the absurdity, but rather actually bought in to this sort of mindless propaganda.In that sense, this could be considered a true "horror" film.More horrifying still because apparently enough people are drinking the Kool-Aid to make the present a very dangerous time indeed.

This movie seems even more fictitious than Micheal Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. It does not convince me that George W Bush reacted accurately to the 9/11 attacks whatsoever. Where did the dialogs between the statesmen came from? How did the movie makers get that information? To me they seemed completely fake. That's not how people talk to each other! Especially not when they're under high pressure! It might just be my misperception, but this seems like a common Hollywood movie to me. Furthermore, why didn't they show us more real material? Where is the footage of the actual Oval office speech, the speech at Ground zero, at Camp David etc. etc.? Why not show us what Bush really said and did? Is there anything to hide? Why did they only show us the grieving people? Is that supposed to make us feel more sympathetic then we already do? It certainly doesn't make this 'documentary' more convincing and it definitely doesn't make George W Bush seem like a nice guy.