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Bobby (2006) Rank 2 Reviews
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Empire (Angie Errigo)
A remarkable ensemble in an uneven patchwork of loss, longing and the urgent necessity of a societal rethink. ...read the complete Bobby movie review at Empire (Angie Errigo)
The Hollywood Reporter (Ray Bennett)
Whether or not Bobby Kennedy was the man his supporters believed him to be, the film makes a persuasive case that something important in America was silenced when he was gunned down. ...read the complete Bobby movie review at The Hollywood Reporter (Ray Bennett)
New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
Despite the clunkiness, Estevez's commitment to his father's generation’s idealism (and its murder) commands respect. ...read the complete Bobby movie review at New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
When you hear his (Robert Kennedy's) patient, meditative speeches, from which every note of demagoguery or pandering has been purged, you glimpse the film Mr. Estevez set out to make -- the one you may wish you were watching. ...read the complete Bobby movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
For all its flaws, though, Bobby is still moving. Not so much with its indifferent characters, but rather with the overall mood of a common hope crushed into shapeless grief. That painful historical moment is worth revisiting, as is the image of the man ...read the complete Bobby movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Bobby coasts along on a dread, and sorrow, it doesn't earn. ...read the complete Bobby movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
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The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
The film has virtually nothing to say about the man, or about much of anything, really. It's a sketchbook trying to pass as a tapestry. ...read the complete Bobby movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Just when you think you've got a handle on the central characters in Bobby, yet more of them appear: The thing is a little like the stateroom scene in "A Night at the ...read the complete Bobby movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
The resulting finished project is a series of skits performed by famous people doing favors for a friend, and it works about as well as one might expect from such an endeavor. ...read the complete Bobby movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Bobby has its heart in the right place (on its sleeve). But it doesn't have its screenplay anywhere - or at least, anywhere near the heft that its subject demands. ...read the complete Bobby movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Fascinating, even when it's fascinatingly bad. ...read the complete Bobby movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Village Voice (Jim Ridley)
Bobby can be seen clearly for what it is--an "Airport" movie with the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as the central calamity and an all-star cast deployed like multiple George Kennedys. ...read the complete Bobby movie review at Village Voice (Jim Ridley)
Los Angeles Times (Kevin Crust)
It's an ambitious film drenched in sincerity and oozing with nostalgia that, despite the energy provided by its title icon via archival footage, falls flat dramatically in nearly every other way. ...read the complete Bobby movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Crust)
Los Angeles Times (Kevin Crust)
It's an ambitious film drenched in sincerity and oozing with nostalgia that, despite the energy provided by its title icon via archival footage, falls flat dramatically in nearly every other way. ...read the complete Bobby movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Crust)
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