Bobby

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Bobby

R

2006

1h 59m

History

Drama

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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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Critics Consensus

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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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

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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

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

You can understand why somebody would want to make a film about such a famous "lost moment" in American history, but this celebrity ensemble piece is misconceived and poorly managed.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 26, 2007

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Audience Member

An important history lesson; entertaining, engaging; moving and human. Essential viewing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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s r

Manipulative. Great cast, but it was all politics.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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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

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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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