Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush (2009) poster
2009 · comedy · political

Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush

Directed by Marty Callner1h 30m2009
ElsewhereIMDb7.04kRT60%
  • warm
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • intimate
  • funny
Movie DNA

Warm, breathless, gentle comedy / political, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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After playing George W. Bush on Saturday Night Live for many years, funny man Will Ferrell brings his impression to Broadway to send up the 43rd President of the United States of America.

Our read · Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W. Bush (2009) reads as a warm, breathless, grounded comedy · political entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want silly irreverent political satire from Will Ferrell as Bush.

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 5attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if political comedy or Bush impressions don't amuse you.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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