Variety
Emilio Estevez's Bobby is a passionate outcry for peace and justice in America that becomes deeply involving by the final climactic scene...
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Bobby
- Director:
- Emilio Estevez ('Men At Work', 'Rated X')
- Writer:
- Emilio Estevez
- Cast:
- Emilio EstevezLaurence FishburneAnthony HopkinsHelen HuntAshton KutcherWilliam H. MacyLindsay LohanDemi MooreMartin SheenChristian SlaterSharon StoneElijah Wood
Bobby | Awards
Winner of Best Ensemble Cast at the Hollywood Film Festival 2006
Bobby | Reviews
Rolling Stone
Estevez means well. But having your heart in the right place is no excuse for insipid ineptitude...
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Premiere Magazine
All in all, however, Estevez has pulled together the best political drama, fiction or otherwise, in recent memory...
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Newshub
If you banish all thoughts of an Oliver Stone JFK epic and accept 'Bobby' for what it is - a cinematic character-driven take on that day in history - then I expect you'll enjoy it...
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Hollywood Reporter
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...
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Christchurch Press
If you're the slightest bit cynical, you could view Bobby as gathering its incredible star cast from the Estevez-Sheen Christmas card list – actors who want to align themselves with the left-wing activism that that acting dynasty is known for... But leaving the cynicism aside for a moment, writer-director Emilio Estevez has made a fairly decent film about the day of the death of Bobby Kennedy...
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BBC
Actor-turned-filmmaker Emilio Estevez pens a love letter to Robert F Kennedy, or more specifically, to an ideal image of the assassinated presidential candidate. Bobby presents a blinkered look at the man and what he meant to Americans in the turbulent 60s, but nobody can accuse Estevez of lacking sincerity...
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Bobby is available to stream in Australia now on Foxtel.