SummaryThis 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.
Directed By:Emilio Estevez
Written By:Emilio Estevez
Bobby
Metascore
Mixed or Average
54
User score
Generally Favorable
6.9
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
54
39% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
55% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
100
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.
75
Alll in all, however, Estevez has pulled together the best political drama, fiction or otherwise, in recent memory.
63
This is simply too vast a task for a filmmaker as inexperienced as Estevez. Compared with, say, Robert Altman's similar but far more complex "Nashville," Bobby mostly comes off as a Hollywood public service announcement: passionate, righteous and strikingly removed from reality.
60
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.
50
You don't have to have lived through the period to find this wrenching. And you don't have to doubt Estevez's sincerity to find it emotionally opportunistic.
40
Tests your patience to the breaking point -- maybe beyond.
25
One of the year's worst movies.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.9
65% Positive
24 Ratings
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24% Mixed
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11% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Aug 24, 2014
7
One of the most underrated films as of late, Emilio Estevez compiles a story told not by Robert Kennedy himself but rather an ensemble of complex and entertaining characters linked to the tragic event in 1968. Bobby is a unique presentation and incredibly poignant. Critics, reconsider!
Aug 14, 2010
6
Historically magnificent and effectively poignant, Bobby recounts the assassination of Robert Kennedy. This film is driven solely by its band of complex characters. Most of them are likable and their development throughout the film is entertaining. Naturally, the actors who play them deserve a mention, too. The well-known ensemble, although frightfully overcrowded at first, break into their characters so well and succeeded in making Bobby feel natural. The only drawback I have is the snail-paced plot. That aside, well done, Estevez.
Production Company:
- The Weinstein Company
- Bold Films
- Bobby
- Holly Wiersma Productions
Release Date:Nov 17, 2006
Duration:2 h
Rating:R
Tagline:He saw wrong and tried to right it. He saw suffering and tried to heal it. He saw war and tried to stop it.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Gran Premio Internazionale del Doppiaggio
• 7 Nominations
ALMA Awards
• 3 Nominations
