Though Jeremy Hindle’s production designs come across as too gleaming and not lived-in enough, projecting an unfortunate TV aesthetic (think “The West Wing” or “Designated Survivor”) that’s difficult to shake.
There’s a very old school feeling to “A House of Dynamite,” almost like a cry back to the America of “The West Wing” – people trying to do their jobs to the best of their ability, their competence on full display (so, definitely not an allegory for our current administration).
…a half-baked screenplay that seeks to ape Aaron Sorkin’s rat-a-tat dialogue from “The West Wing.”
In some ways all this plays like the finest feature-length episode of The West Wing you ever saw.
…sub-“The West Wing”, pseudo-smart politi-banter…
…the bulk of the picture features sub-The West Wing, pseudo-smart politi-banter…