Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Cinefill1 -Bobby is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, and starring an ensemble cast. The screenplay is a fictionalized of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968 shooting of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in the kitchen of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles following his win of the 1968 Democratic Party presidential primary in California.--Critical reception:-Bobby received mainly mixed reviews from critics, who praised its ensemble cast and the direction of Emilio Estevez but criticized the film for having too many plot points and characters. It has a rating of 46% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 169 reviews, with an average score of 5.6 out of 10. The consensus states, "Despite best intentions from director Emilio Estevez and his ensemble cast, they succumb to a script filled with pointless subplots and awkward moments working too hard to parallel contemporary times." The film also has a score of 54 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 31 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews. -A. O. Scott of The New York Times said, "Emilio Estevez . . . sets himself a large and honorable task. It is important to appreciate this in spite of his movie's evident shortcomings. Intentions do count for something, and Mr. Estevez's seem to me entirely irable . . . The actors seem more like 'very special guest stars' than like real, 1968-vintage Americans, and their period-appropriate get-ups . . . are more distracting than convincing . . . Some of the stories feel too obviously melodramatic, while others are vague to the point of inscrutability. In the Vietnam- and drug-related plots, the point is hammered home too hard . . . while other narratives wind toward no discernible point at all. Nonetheless the ambition behind Bobby is large and serious." -Kevin Crust of the Los Angeles Times called it "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. It aspires for the Altmanesque interplay of Nashville or Short Cuts but instead feels like one of those '70s disaster epics such as Earthquake or The Towering Inferno, in which a star-studded cast endures melodramatic story lines as the audience awaits the inevitable momentous event and tries to guess who will be around at the finish . . . It's easy to become swept up in the palpable enthusiasm Estevez shows toward his subject, but the pedestrian and overly expositional dialogue of the film's characters proves to be as stifling as the excerpts from Kennedy's speeches are stirring." -Deborah Young of Variety said of Estevez, "Stepping up as writer and director in a way he never has before, (he) successfully pulls together a complexly designed narrative," and added the film "carries an eerie topicality that makes many of its insights instantly click." Armond White of New York Press wrote that the film "has a humane sweetness", and that it "literally and vividly unites different ethnic groups, labor strata and social castes" in a way that "is not schematic—its exactitude and believability has a Tocquevillian brilliance." -Steve Persall of the St. Petersburg Times graded the film C, calling it "a misguided jumble of too much fiction, few facts and zero speculation" and Estevez "a mediocre filmmaker." Michael Medved, who was in the Ambassador ballroom (20 feet from the podium) the night Kennedy was shot, awarded the film three out of four stars and called it "intriguing but imperfect." He added, "Emilio Estevez gets most of the feelings of the occasion right. But, the melodramatic, multi-character format proves somewhat uneven and distracting." -Richard Roeper said, "Estevez writes and directs with lots of ion, not so much subtlety . . . (He) wants the movie to be on the level of a Robert Altman film like Nashville but falls short." Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film one star and called it "trite fiction" and a work of "insipid ineptitude." He ranked it among the worst films of 2006, as did Lou Lumerick of the New York Post, who dubbed it an "ambitious, but utterly wrong-headed trivialization. --Cast: • Harry Belafonte as Nelson • Joy Bryant as Patricia • Nick Cannon as Dwayne Clark • Emilio Estevez as Tim Fallon • Laurence Fishburne as Edward Robinson • Lindsay Lohan as Diane Howser • Dave Fraunces as Robert F. Kennedy • Jeridan Frye as Ethel Kennedy • Spencer Garrett as David • Brian Geraghty as Jimmy • Heather Graham as Angela • Anthony Hopkins as John Casey • Helen Hunt as Samantha • Joshua Jackson as Wade Buckley • David Kobzantsev as Sirhan Sirhan • David Krumholtz as Agent Phil • Ashton Kutcher as Fisher • Shia LaBeouf as Cooper • William H. Macy as Paul Ebbers • Svetlana Metkina as Lenka • Demi Moore as Virginia Fallon • Freddy Rodriguez as José Rojas • Martin Sheen as Jack • Christian Slater as Daryl Timmons • Sharon Stone as Miriam Ebbers • Jacob Vargas as Miguel • Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Susan Taylor • Elijah Wood as William Avary

SnoopyStyle It's June 4, 1968 at the Ambassador Hotel in L.A. Robert F. Kennedy is running for President. It's his campaign headquarters. The movie follows various characters in the hotel leading up to the momentous assassination. This is reminiscent of the classic 'Grand Hotel' which is mentioned in the movie. Written, directed and staring Emilio Estevez, this movie is following way too many characters and stories. None of them stand out and none of them has enough time anyways. There are a few compelling scenes but they're buried underneath a pile of other random scenes. The recreation of Bobby's walk through the kitchen is very effective. If only the rest of the movie has that kind of compelling tension. The cast is first rate although some of them can't leave their movie star quality behind to blend into the scenes.

Desertman84 Bobby is a film written and directed by Emilio Estevez. The screenplay is a fictionalized of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968 shooting of United States Senator from New York and former U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in the kitchen of The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles following his win in the California Democratic Party primary for the 1968 Presidential Election.It has an all-star cast that includes Harry Belafonte,Nick Cannon,Emilio Estevez,Laurence Fishburne,Heather Graham,Anthony Hopkins,Helen Hunt,Joshua Jackson,Ashton Kutcher,Shia LaBeouf,Lindsay Lohan,William H. Macy,Demi Moore,Freddy Rodriguez,Martin Sheen,Christian Slater,Sharon Stone,Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Elijah Wood.Twenty-two people become unwitting participants in a tragic and defining moment of June in 1968, and the California presidential primary elections are occupying the minds of many in the Golden State, with Robert F. Kennedy in a close race against Eugene McCarthy and Hubert Humphrey. The Kennedy campaign staff has set up camp at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, while the staff and guests become observers as the brother of fallen president John F. Kennedy sets out to pick up where his sibling left off. Paul (Macy) is the manager of the Ambassador, and his wife, Miriam (Stone), is a hairdresser who runs' the hotel's beauty salon. Angela (Graham) is a receptionist working the hotel's switchboard who has been sleeping with Paul behind Miriam's back. Timmons (Slater) is in charge of the hotel's restaurant and catering department, and makes no secret of his dislike of the African-Americans and Latinos under his employ. Miguel (Vargas) and Jose (Rodriguez) are two young Chicanos on the kitchen staff who have it in for Timmons, while Robinson (Fishburne) is an older black man who counsels them on dealing with their rage. Virginia Fallon (Moore) sings in the hotel's cocktail lounge and has a serious problem with alcohol; her husband, Tim (Estevez), is a Kennedy er and also her manager, and he's nearing the end of his rope in dealing with her problem. William (Wood) is a young man desperate to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam; Diane (Lohan) is a pretty young woman dating William's brother who agrees to marry him so William can avoid being drafted, though William is clearly infatuated with her, while she considers this a marriage in name only. John Casey (Hopkins) is one of the owners of the Ambassador, and Nelson (Belafonte) is an old friend who works at the hotel. And Jack (Sheen) is a wealthy Kennedy campaign financier who is married to Samantha (Hunt),an attractive but much younger woman.A labor of love from actor/writer/director Emilio Estevez, Bobby is a very well written, deftly directed and incredibly acted ensemble piece.Despite problems with its numerous subplots, the larger story of the times and the man are so compelling, and the actors here are so capable, that the movie succeeds.Finally,Estevez has done a terrific job a film that explores the lives of people who were at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles the day that Robert Kennedy won the California primary and was shot to death.

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- 2006, A film covering the many lives that intersected in 1968 during the Californian presidential election involving Robert Kennedy's murder in Los Angeles.*Special Stars- Anthony Hopkins, Lawrence Fishburne, Helen Hunt, Demi Moore, William Macy, Martin Sheen, Sharon Stone, Christian Slater. Dir: Emilio Estevez *Theme- Many lives are connected as we live through life.*Based on- True occurrences around the R.F.K. assignation at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.*Trivia/location/goofs- A giant star cast in this film. Shot at the hotel in question.*Emotion- A character driven plot situations that was well acted and beautifully written by a stellar cast. This film did over do the beatification or sainthood of Senator Robert Kennedy due to the political leanings of the writer and director. People who also lived through the time might see things more rationally.