Review of All the King's Men (2006) by Doug Z — 07 Nov 2007

Good movie...about a dirty politician...how surprising.

This review of All the King's Men (2006) was written by Doug Z on 07 Nov 2007.

All the King's Men has generally received mixed reviews.

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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…

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Penn... [fails] to give Stark enough charisma to convince as a vote-winning stalwart. Thus, the transformation of Stark hardly registers…

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You can't help but have high expectations from Zaillian and this stellar cast. But the result this time is a thuddingly tedious soap opera…

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Not as good as the 5 stars I've given it.........but nowhere near as bad as the 1 star ROTTE TOMATOES has given it…

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By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Film Threat (5,156) on 11 Jun 2013

Comes up short in many ways, but none more so than its failure to fulfill Penn's and Zaillian's desire to provide the catalyst for political…

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