I want my money back

Rating: 1/10 (28 October 2009)

When I saw this on release, I was amazed, and was really affected for a long time. The director's manipulation of the audience is impressive, but only in the way Rupert Murdoch, for example, uses his media empire to manipulate voters. Now we know just how much Stone wilfully distorted facts and lied. The message of the film is all-important. And, being a lie, what's the point? All the acting is first-rate, and I'm sure many of the members of this stellar cast still see it as a worthy addition to their CV. It is, it must be said, a masterful use of the tools of cinema. With all the subtlety of a brick, Stone has perpetrated one of the biggest crimes in cinema. I will never go to another Oliver Stone film after discovering what he did with this film.