All the King's Men
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Movie Reviews of All the King's Men
Movie Review: Didn't Do It For Me
Summary: 3 Stars
This morality tale, based in large part, of course, on the rise and fall of Louisiana's Huey Long, seemed shallow to me and needed more in the way of an emphasis on the back room dealings that placed the abruptly corrupted Willie Stark in power. This was a film that rushed along without ever giving its characters time or room to develop. I didn't care about anyone in the movie, start to finish, and don't think this is the great classic it's regarded to be. As for the novel on which it's based, or the recent re-make, I haven't read or seen those, and hope they're a little better.Movie Review: No insight.
Summary: 3 Stars
Great performances, especially by Broderick Crawford, can't really save this movie, which doesn't give any insight into why things happened the way they did. Without knowing why the main character becomes corrupted, it's just a downer of a movie, an overlong cliche.
Meet the new boss, same as the old. Or, it doesn't matter who you vote for, the government always gets in. Or, to defeat the machine, you must become the machine.
That's about it.
The only extras on this 2006 release are just promos for the Sean Penn remake.