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Bobby

Play trailer Poster for Bobby R Released Nov 23, 2006 1h 59m History Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman (Anthony Hopkins), hotel manager (William H. Macy), lounge singer (Demi Moore), busboy (Freddy Rodriguez), beautician (Sharon Stone) and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
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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.

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Melissa Anderson Time Out Rated: 1/6 Feb 3, 2007 Full Review Mark Kermode BBC Radio Five Live Quite apart from the fact that it's spectacularly uninventive and uncontroversial, it's just such a luvvie-fest. Jan 29, 2007 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Using his haunting elegy for Martin Luther King over the final scene, Estevez makes most of what's gone before seem entertaining enough but fairly trivial. This is not, after all, Grand Hotel. Rated: 3/5 Jan 26, 2007 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Cinematic greatness might not be evident, Bobby's message of peace and justice shines through. Rated: 2.5/5 Jan 31, 2021 Full Review Micheal Compton Bowling Green Daily News It's kind of a soapbox approach, but it actually works -- making Bobby just good enough to be worth a look, even if it could have been so much more. Nov 20, 2019 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens With BOBBY, Emilio Estevez reminds us that there was -- and still is -- hope of better things to come. Nov 7, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C 1 hour and 59 minutes based on a true story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/27/25 Full Review thiago s Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é ruim, o filme tem cenas de drama bacaninhas, mas isso não melhora o filme, a história é fraca, os personagens são mais ou menos, e o elenco é bom, mas alguns não ajudam a melhorar o filme. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/05/25 Full Review Kyle M Leans more on expositional reverence under empathetic engagement effectively accumulating to the climatic event whereas we really feel the harrowing ambiance in addition how it affects to the structurally connective web simplistically embodied, thus becoming a stunningly underestimated evocation that depicts how much people look up to a man’s hopeful legacy. (B+) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/11/24 Full Review Audience Member An important history lesson; entertaining, engaging; moving and human. Essential viewing. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review s r Manipulative. Great cast, but it was all politics. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review steve d Some of it works, some of it doesn't. The acting is great, but it should have focused on Bobby himself. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Emilio Estevez

Director

Anthony Hopkins

John Casey

Harry Belafonte

Nelson

William H. Macy

Paul

Sharon Stone

Miriam

Christian Slater

Timmons

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Synopsis In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman (Anthony Hopkins), hotel manager (William H. Macy), lounge singer (Demi Moore), busboy (Freddy Rodriguez), beautician (Sharon Stone) and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Director
Emilio Estevez
Producer
Edward Bass, Michel Litvak, Holly Wiersma
Screenwriter
Emilio Estevez
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Bold Films, The Weinstein Company
Rating
R (Drug Content|A Scene of Violence|Language)
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 23, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.2M
Runtime
1h 59m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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