'The World According to Dick Cheney' review: Fair

This film is long -- befitting a long career -- though by the time it rolls around to the intricacies of Cheney's role in the "warrantless" surveillance program, you may well find yourself in a dreamless sleep. It's beautifully produced and cleanly told, but there's nothing particularly new here, either.

Cheney says pretty much what you'd expect him to say -- that he's blameless in whatever went wrong with the Iraq War, and that he has no regrets. The Great Neck-raised Cutler takes him at his word, but some of the commentators, like Barton Gellman -- former Washington Post reporter and author of "Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency" -- do not. For example, Gellman charges that Cheney "lied" to former House Majority Leader Dick Armey about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, leading Armey to push through the House resolution on the war. (No response from the former vice president or Armey.)

Cheney ultimately emerges as principled, tough and dedicated to the proposition that popularity is for politicians or fools. He and his supporters will -- or should -- be thrilled.

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