Bobby

Name: Bobby
Genre: Drama, History, Comedy
Released: November 17, 2006
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Anthony Hopkins

2006

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: November 17, 2006 | R

Starring: Anthony Hopkins

Summary: This examination of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy centers around 22 people who were also at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles the night he was killed.

Director: Emilio Estevez

Genre(s): Drama, History, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 120 min

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Mick LaSalle

Why such a structurally scattered movie should hang together at all is a mystery. That it does more than that, that it works brilliantly, is a miracle, or at the very least the product of unquantifiable causes. Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

The film's impact and poignancy are undeniable. Read full review

Deborah Young

Emilio Estevez's Bobby is a passionate outcry for peace and justice in America that becomes deeply involving by the final climactic scene. Read full review

Empire Angie Errigo

A remarkable ensemble in an uneven patchwork of loss, longing and the urgent necessity of a societal rethink. Read full review

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 full review

David Denby

Estevez has made a vague gesture at a large, metaphoric structure without having the dramatic means to achieve it. His choreography of the panic and misery in the hotel after the shooting is impressive, and some of the actors do fine in their brief roles. But his script never rises above earnest banality, and we are constantly being taught little lessons in tolerance and humanity: Read full review

Peter Travers

Estevez means well. But having your heart in the right place is no excuse for insipid ineptitude. Read full review

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TwylaS.

Jul 5, 2007

I am 55 and I still believe in the dream that we can all live together in peace. Emilio Estevez communicated this very well in this picture. "Bobby" speaks well for Bobby Kennedy and pushes home the message of then to the now and does it with compassion. An excellent movie with and I am 55 and I still believe in the dream that we can all live together in peace. Emilio Estevez communicated this very well in this picture. "Bobby" speaks well for Bobby Kennedy and pushes home the message of then to the now and does it with compassion. An excellent movie with and excellent case and message!… Expand