Political hit job

I'm not a Republican and no fan of Bush, Cheney and the rest of that crowd that took us to an unnecessary war in Iraq, but this film was just a political hit job, mostly on Cheney. It just went too far, IMO, with gross overstatements. Also, the voice over narration by Jesse Plemmons (Todd in Breaking Bad), explaining just how bad were the actions by the various characters, mostly Cheney, was a cheap tactic, as voice overs often are. I must say, though, the portrayal of Cheney by Christian Bale was brilliant. Amy Adams as Lynne Cheney was great. It took me a while to recognize that it was Amy. Also Sam Bottoms as Bush was spot on. He had it down, the mannerisms, the voice cadence, the folksy way of talking, and in certain shots, you could swear it was really Bush. Kudos to Bottoms and the makeup dept.

That said, the scene where Cheney shot his friend in the face while quail hunting was hilarious. I doubt it actually happened in the way it's depicted, The group doing the shooting, minus Cheney, are standing in a field taking potshots at the passing birds, when the camera pans over to Cheney sitting in the back seat of his car facing outward with the door open, and he takes a sudden shot from the hip, without aiming, and down goes the friend. I tried finding the scene on YouTube, but no luck there. Too bad.