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All the King's Men (1949) Rank 5 Reviews
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TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Rossen's film chronicles this life of raw power with compelling scenes, and Crawford's performance is well-supported by the rest of the cast. ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Stark is a work of art; a walking id whose momentum surges like the adrenaline that busts through his veins as he delivers his fist-pumping speeches. ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel, Robert Rossen's film is a grimly realistic study of the corrutive nature of personal and poltical power via the tumultuous career of Senator Hughey Stark. ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
It features one of the great performances in movie history. ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at eFilmCritic.com (David Cornelius)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
It's inspired by the career of populist Louisiana governor (1928-32) and Democratic U.S. Senator (1932-35) Huey Long. ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Broderick Crawford is no Orson Welles, but this meditation on the underbelly of American politics is at least in the same league as Citizen Kane. Also a Best Picture winner, the film traces the rise of populist local hero Willie Stark, as he moves ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
This is the story of the rise and fall of a Southern politician, based on the career of Louisiana's Huey Long. Here, the politician is named Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford), and the Southern state where it takes place is never named. ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
filmcritic.com
Broderick Crawford is no Orson Welles, but this meditation on the underbelly of American politics is at least in the same league as Citizen Kane. Also a Best Picture winner, the film traces the rise of populist local hero Willie Stark, as he moves ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at filmcritic.com
New York Times (Bosley Crowther)
Mr. Rossen has assembled in this starkly unprettified film a piece of pictorial journalism that is remarkable for its brilliant parts. ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at New York Times (Bosley Crowther)
Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Broderick Crawford gives an outstanding performance as the corrupt politician Willie Stark. ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
Nick Schager Film Project (Nick Schager)
While [Crawford's] full-bodied performance still holds up nearly six decades later, the rest of Robert Rossen's Best Picture winner has lost a good deal of its fierce luster. ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at Nick Schager Film Project (Nick Schager)
Moviepie.com
Sean Penn not only chews the scenery in this leaden remake, he eviscerates it. He's like an angry little Tazmanian devil, whirling about, arms flailing, screaming at everyone and destroying everything in his path. ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at Moviepie.com
Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)
The acting is way over-the-top, however, Broderick Crawford is great! ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)
Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
Penn goes for larger-than-life, wrapping his pinched frown around an unintelligible Louisiana drawl and swinging his arms like an autistic evangelist... Law is no asset--looking rather sadly like John Ireland (the actor who played the 1949 Jack Burden), ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at Village Voice (Michael Atkinson)
The Onion A.V. Club
The movie's more damnable problem is it irrelevance. ...read the complete All the King's Men movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
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