Review of LBJ (2017) by Laurel Marie B — 24 Jul 2018

An excellent performance by Woody Harrleson.

This review of LBJ (2017) was written by Laurel Marie B on 24 Jul 2018.

LBJ has generally received positive reviews.

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By Jessica H (1,882) on 24 Mar 2018

This was a good movie. I can't understand why the critics panned it…

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By Javier Ocaña (196) for El Pais (Spain) (511) on 26 Nov 2018

Rob Reiner, in creative decline since the mid-nineties, approaches the personality of Lyndon B. Johnson in his best film in years…

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By Carolyn R (46) on 16 Nov 2017

Although many of LBJ's less endearing qualities go unexplored, this film does a fine job of reviewing the era in which he lived and his accession…

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By Arthur R (252) on 20 Jan 2018

Harrelson did a great job in this film. It ended up being much better than I was anticipating…

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By Jason G (1,003) on 20 Jan 2018

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Despite the prosthetics applied to Woody Harrelson's face he does not really look like LBJ but this does not detract from a convincing…

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By John M (4,356) on 20 Mar 2018

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By Stephen Romei (236) for The Australian (781) on 31 May 2018

While the shooting of JFK is the dark shadow of this movie, what unfolds on screen is less about the 35th president than the man who replaced him…

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By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 08 Aug 2018

Harrelson captures Johnson's dogged, hardworking approach to politics…

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By Matt D (1,411) on 20 May 2018

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