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All The Way (2016)
Season 1 Premiere: May 21, 2016
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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81% Positive
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19% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
78
81% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
19% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
There are some fine supporting performances here--most notably from Bradley Whitford as a loyal-if-appalled Hubert Humphrey, Melissa Leo as the beleaguered Ladybird Johnson and Stephen Root as J. Edgar Hoover. But, beginning to end, this is a tour de force for Cranston. Great stuff.
Bryan Dykstra was excellent as LBJ in the Rep’s solid production, but the movie, directed by Jay Roach, is almost a different animal, both intimate and broad, giddily exuberant and deeply dark. A bonus: On film, we hear every witty and/or disturbing line.
All the Way should be admired for going the distance, and Cranston rewarded for holding it all together.
Mr. Cranston keeps it watchable with a performance that grows ever more fervent but never goes over the top.
Schenkkhan abridges his teleplay to two hours and 15 minutes when this project might have been better served by going in the other direction, by making, say, a two-night, four-hour miniseries. ... There’s no comparing [Cranston's] performance to anything he’s ever done. All the Way is going to lead Cranston along a familiar path--right up to the Emmy podium come fall.
As was the case with the similarly middling “Confirmation,” here, a host of male character actors get a reasonable amount of screen time, but few make a lasting impression. That’s partly due to the nature of the film’s dialogue, which is often predictable and packed with dutiful exposition.
All The Way is passable, even lively at moments, but it’s also calcified by its repetitive, bloated discussions about the rights and wrongs of the civil rights movement and, more importantly, the two-party system of American government. The best lines go to Cranston, who clearly relishes the language, candor, and physicality of his character in every frame in which he appears, but beyond him, there’s no real sense of the conflictive character that denotes these real-life figures.
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Production Company:
- HBO Films
- Amblin Entertainment
- Tale Told Productions
- Moon Shot Entertainment
- Everyman Pictures
Initial Release Date: May 21, 2016
Number of seasons: 0 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Online Film & Television Association
• 9 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 8 Nominations
