All The King's Men Reviews

Okay film made better with the cast

The film has so many good actors and the main reason for watching this was for sean penn who is such a good actor and he definitely makes the film better than it could have been. Jude Law is very good too. It is just a shame the film did not have a good editor working on the script and the length of the film too

Thought Provoking....

This is a Politically thought provoking movie, so if you rent it thinking it's 'Action, Action, Action' You are going to be dissapointed.

You have to watch and listen very carefully to the dialogue or you will lose the plot/storyline very quickly.

The acting was suberb.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Penn's Political Panache

This film made a change in that it was a remake that was a credit to the previous Black & White version starring Broderick Crawford as well as a fine interpretation of the original story by Robert Penn Warren (any relation to Sean?).

As for the man himself, Sean Penn acted his socks off playing the central character, Willie Stark, the ordinary hick who storms the American Political Machine to achieve benefits for his fellow hicks.

Based on the true story of Huey Long who became Governor of Louisianna and then a US Senator before being assassinated, this version does not dwell so much as its predecessor upon the political corruption of the central character but relates to his oratory and the opposition from the conservative opposition that he encountered.

The photography was excellant and there was a good supporting cast, however in my opinion it just lacked that little extra that would have made it a five star film.

Well worth the money, I do not think that you will have the time to be bored by this swift moving political drama .

[Highly rated reviewer]

A Political Drama

As soon as you know this film is a political drama set in Louisiana you can discount most of the negative reviews as they clearly did not know these facts before watching the movie.

It is not overly complicated nor overly talky or dull. Granted it does not have the action quotient of a Seagal movie nor the plot complexity of an episode of Shaun the Sheep, but it is not a difficult watch.

Often bad reviews are very helpful; but not in this case. The film is fine.

Boring.

I chose this film thinking that good actors could make any film good. However I was wrong. The film was hard to follow, the dialogue hard to understand and there was no excitement what so ever.

Give this film a miss.

Horrific

This film is a disaster flick! The cast is excellent, however, the film is abismal. It was that bad, i had to fast forward in several plases. Do not rent this movie unless you want to llose the will to live. It has to be the worst film i have seen in years, honestly.

SNOOZE FOR THE FIRST HOUR

Beware the first hour - but keep with it it does improve

Time brings all things to light

A remarkable performance by Sean Penn is marred by the murky plot and over-concentration on the life of the narrator, Jude Law. The up-dating of Robert Penn Warren's novel to the 40s/50s somehow manages to forget such things as the war which would have changed the political climate in Louisiana. Watch the classic 1949 version with Brodrick Crawford instead.

We turned it off

One of the few films we've turned off half way through and not wondered since how it ended. Principally due not being able to understand Sean Penn's accent.

dull

so boring and dull that we could not get into it and turned it off after half and hour