‘Reagan’ — With Hope and Optimism — Lets Reagan Be Reagan
The national view of any American president rises and falls over time. With ‘Reagan,’ the 40th president’s reputation is now on the upswing.

It’s a paradox that the only movie star to reach the White House, President Reagan, always proves too large for the confines of the silver screen. Hollywood often deals with this by reducing the Gipper to a caricature. “Reagan” takes the opposite tack. It dares, as First Lady Nancy says in the film, to “let Ronnie be Ronnie.”
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