Bobby (Widescreen Edtion)
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Movie Reviews of Bobby (Widescreen Edtion)
Movie Review: A movie to own
Summary: 5 Stars
Despite a Golden Globe nomination in the "Best Movie" category and a stellar cast, the movie "Bobby" hasn't been talked about much, its theatrical and DVD releases failing to attract many audiences. It's a pity, though, as "Bobby" is one of the year's best, blending emotional, historical and artistic value in its 120 minutes without any problems.
The movie follows a (big) number of characters and their problems during the day Robert Kennedy was assassined. The stories of these characters are all equally engaging, each reflecting either an issue of the era, or a universal problem, which ultimately leads to the profound, yet non-preachy conclusion that the key to a better world is human kindness and honesty. Paul (William H. Macy), the owner of the AmbassadorHotel where the bloodshed will take place is trying love both his wife (Sharon Stone) and his affair (Angela). A fading singer (Demi Moore) finds comfort in alcohol instead of in her loving, significant other (Emilio Estevez). A young girl (Lindsay Lohan) is marrying a man she doesn't love (Elijah Wood) in order to save him from going to Iraq. A well-to-do couple (Martin Sheen and Helen Hunt) are trying to make sense of their lives. Two friends (Brian Geraghty and Shia LaBeouf) are introduced to the wonders of LSD by a hippie drug dealer (Ashton Kutcher). The ethnically-diverse kitchen staff (including Laurence Fishburne) confront racial prejudices. John Casey (Anthony Hopkins) is an aging doorman dealing with the aging process. The list goes on and on, but none of this numerous cast members ever loses momentum, and never is a plot line sacrificed for the sake of another (a miracle in a 22-lead cast). Finally, as the movie comes to its inevitable climax, one is overwhelmed by the emotional, political and cultural messages tastefully planted between the lines, and it takes a second viewing to truly appreciate what both Bobby the person and "Bobby" the movie tried to do - provide answers for not just the American society, but also for humanity.
Movie Review: What Might Have Been
Summary: 5 Stars
In the tradition of a Robert Altman film where the story navigates through the lives of multiple characters until they all converge at the end, "Bobby" unfolds on the night of June 4, 1968 when Presidential hopeful Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot in the Ambassador Hotel.
Skillfully directed by Emilio Estevez, "Bobby" is a re-imagining one of the most tragic nights in American history when black Americans were politically orphaned. The film opens with the death of Martin Luther King and the announcement by embattled President Lyndon B. Johnson that he won't run for a second term.
Five years later, after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, his younger brother Robert F. Kennedy, 42, emerges as his own man. Kennedy, who had announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States, is seen as the man of the people. Kennedy's idealism is contagious as he pledges to end the Vietnam War and help those American's who don't have a voice in this country.
Estevez artfully tells the story of 22 fictional characters in the Ambassador Hotel on the fateful eve of Kennedy's assassination. Kennedy is seen only in newsreels and voiceovers, but his presence is stirring enough for today's generation to experience what baby boomers felt in 1968 -- that one man could change the course of the world.
The ensemble includes a retired doorman (Anthony Hopkins), a fellow retiree (Harry Belafonte), the hotel's hairdresser; a sous chef (Laurence Fishburne) the coffee shop waitress and the hotel's manager (William H. Macy) and others.
Even though the audience knows the outcome, "Bobby" is engrossing as the 22 lives converge to a palpable climax in the Ambassador Hotel's kitchen where Kennedy meets Sirhan Sirhan. The film ends with one of RFK's most stirring speeches punctuating what might have been had Kennedy lived.
Movie Review: Just what have we Americans learned?????
Summary: 5 Stars
Iwas in tears throughout the last ten minutes of this magnificent directorial marvel by Emilio Esteves.The film is about the prevailing culture of the time in which Robert Kennedy loses his life while vying for the Presidency.I was 14 when King and RFK were assassinated in 1968.This film jolted me back into a time in which the American culture was undergoing some of it's fledgling changes such as The Feminist Revolution, the Drug Culture, love affairs with sports and music icons,racial riots and extreme hatred and distrust among different people, and intense public dissatifaction with our involvement in a VERY unpopular War.BOBBY is a film that teaches us where we have been,how far we have come AND how far we have regressed as a people.This is not a biography of Kennedy.Kennedy is the "presence unseen" through his words from all of his speeches superimposed and woven so cleverly and judiciously throughout that gives breath,meaning and life to the 22 characters at The Ambassador Hotel that fateful night.RFK,like his brother JFK,represented hope to many Americans that SOMEONE had some solutions to OUR problems. I was left with the sad and sinking feeling that America may never "get it right". 1968 was America's year of hope and year of shame.Is history repeating itself,AGAIN,in 2007??? As a popular folk song of that time says,"WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN?"Movie Review: BOBBY Was Just Nominated as Best Picture
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw the movie twice; liked it better the second time, as by then I had a sufficient grasp of the fictitious-but-typical characters who inhabited the Ambassador Hotel on the day Kennedy was shot. Still, I loved the movie the first time, even as the fictitious folk whizzed by at what seemed to be breakneck speed.
In fact, the movie and its aftermath of quiet reflection affected me so deeply that I felt a need to write a commentary for my local paper, The Tacoma News Tribune, which was syndicated across the country (`Bobby' shows kind of politician we need today; you can access it online). The commentary says it all.
I've encouraged everyone I know to see the movie and I encourage you, too. Reach back and touch an enduring hero who "saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it."
I plan to buy "Bobby" as soon as it becomes available on DVD so I can show my grandnieces what kind of statesman to look for when they are old enough to vote.
Review by Author Kristine M Smith
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Movie Review: Remarkably well-written and powerful screenplay--must see
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a refreshing screenplay for a dramatic documentary. One of the best ever. If you, like Bobby Kennedy, are one of those people who care more about people than about corporations, you will be moved by his dream. But that is just the beginning. What makes a good story? The characters, of course. They are fresh and fascinating. The dialog of these characters is larger than life. Their words flow like sweet honey warmed in the California sun. At least, this is certainly true for the male characters. Here are ordinary but extraordinary individuals of all colors who show us the zeitgeist, the spirit of the times, with their passion, their hopes, and their kindness. If there is a flaw in this wonderful film, it is that the female characters lack some of the depth of their male counterparts. And then there is the way that all of the stories are brought together in the powerful climax. This, driven by Kennedy's own words, is among the best crafted I have ever seen. It is sad that we have to wait until now to hear Kennedy's articulate and moving speeches; his unedited speeches should have been front page news in those turbulent times. You may want to listen to more of Bobby's speeches online-- try googling "Robert Kennedy speeches". Don't miss this film!