Bobby

Pros: Great acting, directing and script

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: If you want to see a slice of life in the political world of 1968, this is a great film to see.

Review: I recently heard an interview of Emelio Estevez concerning this film which he both directed and wrote. He has been trying to put the film together for a number of years but couldn't get financing. When he finally did get the financing, actors virtually ...

Pros: An awesome cast in a movie that held my interest the entire time.

Cons: No after-effects were shown.

The Bottom Line: It's hard to watch a movie that portrays such a terrible tragedy. But this movie was done extremely well, and I enjoyed it.

Review: I enjoyed it. In fact, I was so engrossed by it, I don't think I moved for the entire two hours. I'm talking about Bobby, Emilio Estevez's movie depicting one fateful day that changed the lives of many people forever. The movie is about ...

Pros: Awesome cast, interesting stories

Cons: Gives no information about Sirhan

The Bottom Line: It's one of the better movies I've seen in a while.

Review: Bobby is a very good movie about the last day in the life of Bobby Kennedy. It was written and directed by Emilio Estevez, and features a huge cast of actors including Anthony Hopkins, Elijah Wood, Lindsay Lohan, Sharon Stone, Demi Moore, Shia ...

Pros: Awesome cast, Some decent acting, Some interesting characters, DVD extras

Cons: Most of the characters are not developed enough, Use of archival footage/direction

The Bottom Line: Awkwardly combining archived footage and newly directed material, the fateful day of RFK's primary victory in California is recreated in a painstaking and painful way.

Review: Sometimes movies that have huge casts know how to use those big casts. They wow the audience with their performances with sheer force of numbers. So, for example, critics often overlook the magnificent "Cradle Will Rock" (reviewed at: ...

Pros: Some decent storylines, great cast, interesting premise

Cons: Premise largely wasted, weak scripting and direction

The Bottom Line: Bobby could've been fantastic, and ended up for hardcore fans of historical fiction only.  The cast might draw some in, but most will be bored and annoyed.

Review: One of the key selling points to any film, obviously, is its premise.  Sure, some can be boiled down to a "(Movie star) in a (genre) with (movie star)" formula, and that gets films made, and in a lot of cases makes money and puts Hummers and ...

Pros: Great cast; absorbing archival footage of the late Robert Kennedy

Cons: Weak script; superfluous characters

The Bottom Line: Former brat packer Emilio Estevez assembles an all star cast for BOBBY, a lightweight historical drama that explores multiple characters on the eve of Robert F. Kennedy's tragic death

Review: Flabbergasted. That's the primary feeling I had watching the new drama BOBBY. Not because the film is anything great--it isn't--but rather because it's writer/director is none other than Emilio Estevez. Who would have ever thought the film maker behind ...