Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 30, 2009

Though fairly pedestrian by cinematic standards, Joseph Mealey's Bush's Brain is a workmanlike portrayal of the astonishing influence Karl Rove holds in Republican politics.

| Original Score: 58/100 | Sep 7, 2008

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 13, 2005

A hard-hitting scary propaganda film about Karl Rove.

| Original Score: B | Nov 2, 2004

The accusatory tone becomes overbearing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 29, 2004

An entertaining, if not entirely convincing story about Karl Rove, President Bush's campaign manager, and allegations of dirty tricks.

| Original Score: B | Oct 24, 2004

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 19, 2004

The movie has no smoking guns, but its circumstantial evidence is quite damning and it traces Rove's political hardball back to Texas state politics.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 6, 2004

The accusations are alarming and juicy enough to strike up a watchable combo of fear and gall.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 1, 2004

Seu formato poderia ser mais elegante, mas sua mensagem é forte e inequívoca: a baixa campanha contra John Kerry não é um acaso, é um padrão para Karl Rove.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 1, 2004

Directors Joseph Mealey and Michael Paradies Shoob make a persuasive though not incontestable case that Rove directly sabotaged the 1986 Texas governor's race.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 24, 2004

It's safe to say that outrage over Rove's behavior will depend on party affiliation, but even the most partisan should find extreme behaviors sickening.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 23, 2004

Disorganized, overly reliant on reporter commentary and full of extraneous side trips.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 23, 2004

Enlightening and frightening.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 17, 2004

Littered with sloppy accusations and one-sided arguments, Bush's Brain, like so many political documentaries of late, is transparently manipulative.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 16, 2004

They succeed in presenting a compelling series of dots, to use the current parlance, but they don't succeed in connecting them.

| Sep 10, 2004

Downright chilling.

| Sep 10, 2004

This no-frills documentary has a very specific theme: Karl Rove drives Bush. And He's willing to break rules and people in order to keep Bush in power.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 8, 2004

Like Brothers in Arms, the shamelessly softball Kerry doc, Bush's Brain smacks of opportunism, rescued at the last minute from direct-to-video fate.

| Sep 7, 2004