Wow. An unrecognizable Christian Bale looks and sounds freakin' amazing here. He looks like he already has a lead actor nom sewn up and maybe the win. He's the tragedy, and Sam Rockwell, as W., is the farce. As was true in real life for Cheney/Bush:

In the meantime, check out the cast list:

• Christian Bale ... Dick Cheney
• Sam Rockwell ... George W. Bush
• Steve Carell ... Donald Rumsfeld
• Amy Adams ... Lynne Cheney
• Alison Pill ... Mary Cheney
• Eddie Marsan ... Paul Wolfovitz
• Shea Whigham ... Wayne Vincent
• Tyler Perry ... Colin Powell
• Bill Camp ... Gerald Ford
• Justin Kirk ... Scooter Libby
• LisaGay Hamilton  ... Condoleezza Rice

Some of my favorite characters actors—Marsan, Whigham, Camp—are here. And in these roles? In a movie written and directed by Adam McKay, who gave us “The Big Short”? I'm so in. December 25.