The Way I See It

The Way I See It feels like little more than a bit of PR fluff for a bygone leader - and perhaps, by extension, his former VP.

Photographers, like writers, do not usually make the best film subjects. Director Dawn Porter, who also directed John Lewis: Good Trouble, doesn't find a good way around this.

Prepared to be moved and awed in ways you wouldn't expect. It's a trip down memory lane that should excite citizens about the possibilities for tomorrow.

But what's best about the documentary is all that Obama sun. It's hard to come by these days, even in retrospect.

Though it goes adrift at times, the film lands at a moment when you may need some uplift and provides a welcome reminder of what executive dignity looks like.

Souza reminds us of how much of our sense of events is formed by images, and in his new documentary, "The Way I See It," like the photographs he took, reward a deeper look.

Ultimately, it could have been framed a little differently [...] But you do get a great look at a wonderful photographer who produced some of the most iconic presidential images in American history, which was a lot of fun.

"The Way I See It" produces image after image that has been ingrained in our collective consciousness, with each of Souza's works capturing a moment in time, and each in its own way, telling a story.

The larger picture it paints is one of the importance of photography. If a picture is worth a thousand words this movie speaks volumes.

No matter your political affiliation, The Way I See It gives an astounding look at the most intimate moments of our nation's history, allowing regular citizens to take a peek behind the curtain at our leaders.