The Great Communicator cried out for a biopic all his own.

Until recently, we’ve had a Showtime miniseries eager to deflate President Ronald Reagan and projects capturing glib takes on the 40th president.

Dennis Quaid changed all that.

The veteran actor brings The Gipper’s story to vibrant life in “Reagan.” It’s unabashedly pro-Gipper, but then again so is history. For those who didn’t live through President Reagan’s historic two terms, much of this will play out as a fantasy, from his bipartisan pluck to that plainspoken mien.