All the King's Men
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- Synopsis
- The legacy of a populist Southern politician whose lofty ambitions for the future leave him open to corruption and scandal is detailed as author Robert Penn Warren's thinly veiled portrait of Depression-era Louisiana governor Huey Long comes to the ......
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- Starring
- Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini
- Director(s)
- Steven Zaillian
- Distributor(s)
- Sony
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 141 min.
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Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites
Zaillian (an Oscar winner for his "Schindler's List" screenplay) has given us an intricate, subtly rewarding narrative whose uncompromising nature and undeniable moral seriousness make it far from business as usual, even in the ever-decreasing world of quality Hollywood filmmaking.Read the full review
Washington Post | Stephen HunterAdd Critic to Favorites
All the King's Men hasn't been directed so much as over-directed, although the result, when you make an effort to filter out all the film school pyrotechnics, is an honorable run at Robert Penn Warren's classic novel.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
I'm not the first observer, or even the second, to liken the star's (Penn) portrayal of fictional Louisiana governor Willie Stark to the late John Belushi's impersonation of Joe Cocker.Read the full review