A full-length film on Ronald Reagan has been needed for some time. Reagan’s presidency changed the direction of this country in a way that progressives have never fully reconciled themselves with. The new film Reagan, directed by Sean McNamara and starring Dennis Quaid as the man himself, recently opened to decidedly negative reviews from major film critics. Even conservative film aficionados have been mixed on its quality and Quaid’s portrayal of Reagan. Some of the dismissals are the stuff of ideology, as movie critics probably had little desire for such a film, much less one that is a ringing endorsement of Reagan. The film’s creators have given themselves a large task with the style and manner of the project they executed. Those difficulties emerge in the film’s initial sequences.
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