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All the King's Men [Blu-ray]
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3Robert (Sean) Penn Warren's All the King's Men
31%Not As Good As The Original
51%Excellent
41%A great movie
41%Unfairly maligned
31%Not nearly as good as the original but fine
20%Not Great
51%All the King's Men
51%The Penn Is Mightier Than The Bored
31%Two Hours Too Short
51%An all-too-real mirror held up to American politics
41%Use subtitles and you'll be happy
41%Way underrated - and Penn is amazing!
51%Powerful Penn Performance
31%"King's Men" loses potential punch in lots of ways
31%"If you don't vote--you don't matter"
51%A classic despite the critics opinions
51%The Populist Kingfish
31%bad sound...over the top acting...but strangly interesting
4Love it
11%Miscast and Misguided
21%Emperor Has No Clothes
31%Hopkins great, Penn unintelligible and Bobek hot!
31%ONLY IN LOUISIANA
40%A Best Effort
21%Not worth watching
21%Hopelessly pretentious and muddled filmisation of the famous 1946 novel
30%Novels to film rarely work
11%Miscasting totally destroyed this film
31%Well intentioned remake that falls a bit short
21%Warmed Over Willie Stark
40%Sean Penn was riveting in All the King's Men
31%Bayou blues
3WHO IS THE REAL WILLIE STARK?
21%inert drama
3 Willie Stark must be one of the most interesting political
21%...AND ALL THE KING'S MEN COULDN'T PUT THIS MOVIE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN
11%Cheese. With cornbread.
40%Almost All the King's Men
31%Classic Question: Does The End Justify The Means?
11%Weak Story, an All Star Cast, a real waste of time.
41%In the Ring With Dr. Tolstoy
31%a deeper core
41%A Good Rendition of the Book; the Criticism is Unwarranted
40%Yawn..
41%What's not to like? I guess I just don't see things like everyone else!
10%BORING
11%Longalike Bore
31%A political tragedy
41%All the King's Men
21%Overpenned and outlawed
21%Slow, boring, this movie sucked.....
21%What happened to the finished movie?
41%True to the book
50%about those southern accents
1One Of The WORST Films I have Ever Seen!!!
41%"Time brings all things to light"
41%"King" Size Entertainment?
21%Soap Opera Rather Then Politics
31%I wanted to like this movie...
50%Sean Penn gives yet another great performance.
30%It was OK but not great
21%Wherefor art thou, Oscar?
20%its smart great woderful but no it isnt?
40%Sean Penn for Governor
40%Good, But Could've Been Better
51%Absolutely wonderful!
30%Penn's Performance Can't Save This Snooze Fest
41%Steve Zaillian Delivers An Amazing Script With Great Direction, But Subplots & A Lack Of Textual Impact Hinder The Film
21%Of the People, by the People, and for the People
30%The Way It Might Have Been.
41%Strong performances from a huge and diverse cast.
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