All The King's Men on DVD (2006)

Okay film made better with the cast

A customer from London , 29/10/2006

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

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Thought Provoking....

Ronan from Southampton, Hampshire , 08/05/2007

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.

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Penn's Political Panache

Charles Brickley from Andover, Hampshire England [Highly rated reviewer] , 06/08/2007

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 .

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A Political Drama

nutcase from Windermere [Highly rated reviewer] , 27/09/2007

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.

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Good

kiki69 from London , 19/08/2008

Good movie, not my best politcal american movie but very good actors and ending...

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