80 New York Daily News | Joe Neumaier A measured and thoughtful meditation on a leader who, this terrific movie believes, inadvertently made the world as roiling as his soul. Read full review
75 San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle In the end, W. makes up in immediacy what it lacks in objectivity. Read full review
75 USA Today | Claudia Puig The performances are good (some scarily realistic), and the movie is enjoyable to watch. But as a probing analysis of the 43rd president, it falls short. Read full review
63 Boston Globe | Ty Burr When it works, W. can take your breath away. When it doesn't, you can feel Stone still working out his feelings toward the man. Read full review