Andrew Husmann

REAGAN. Absolutely incredible filmmaking. Produced by Mark Joseph. (Very few spoilers here). SEE THIS FILM…IN a theatre if possible. It could have easily been a limited series but control would have been lost. Director, Sean McNamara along with a truly amazing screenplay by Howard Klausner, based on Paul Kengor's 2006 book The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism…scores a win. Great casting throughout but of course, standout portrayals of Ron and Nancy by Dennis Quaid and Penelope Ann Miller…Portrayals…NOT impressions. Ultra-veteran actor, John Voit tells us the story brilliantly as former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich who is, in fact a composite of several real Soviet spies who watched the president from his days as a Hollywood star, President of SAG, California Governor, to his eight-years in the Oval Office, 1981-1989. Voit as Petrovich perfectly explains the saga through a PRESENT DAY (fictional?,) “conversation” with “up-and-coming” (mostly fictional character?), Russian political leader, Andrei Novikov, played by Russian-born actor Alex Sparrow, who is “suggested” to us as someone who might be in line to take over from Vladimir Putin and wants to return the Soviet Union to its former glory. He asks Petrovich, “What happened?”…and “Why?”…In a word, REAGAN. The story moves fast but is completely engaging. MUST SEE. AH