BOBBY (2006) **1/2 Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Geraghty, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Svetlana Metkina, Demi Moore, Freddy Rodriguez, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Sharon Stone, Jacob Vargas, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Elijah Wood, David Krumholtz. Sprawling and uneven yet somewhat compelling fictitious look at the day in the life of several characters on the fated evening of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination provides a glimmer of what the era was like and some fine ensemble acting (particularly Rodriguez and Stone) make up for filmmaker Estevez' shortcomings and long stretches of credibility (to wit, weakest link Kutcher as a drug-dealing hippie). However credit the actor for smartly weaving Kennedy's powerful speeches into the film solidifying the gravitas of a true leader whose idealism proves just how we as a nation are treading in similar times (i.e. an unjust war and a middling government with civil rights).
Review of Bobby
Bobby
(I) (2006)
Idealism intact in a fitting if uneven tribute to RFK's legacy
12 December 2006
Warning: Spoilers