Ronald Reagan left office nearly four decades ago, and he passed away twenty years ago. He left a massive mark on history by forcing the Soviet empire into collapsing of its own internal contradictions, revived both the American economy and American spirit, and set a standard for conservative governance and personal fortitude that few have even approached, let alone attained.
Yet Reagan has not received his due from popular culture, and still inflames political passions decades after he left public life. A new film, Reagan, opens today to fill that gap and offer a far more sympathetic look at one of the great American presidents.
Reagan covers the entire scope of Reagan’s life, a choice that makes the first part of the film feel a bit rushed and choppy. Unlike other biopics such as Ray and Walk the Line, which took…
