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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 03 Nov 2017

As a thoughtful examination of the strengths and merits of a lesser-known public figure, and a lesson in the committed portrayal of such a…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 03 Nov 2017

Approaching this true story with his usual tendency toward lightness and simplicity (i.e…

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By James Verniere (1,180) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 03 Nov 2017

Harrelson triumphs as under appreciated visionary U.S. President. Jennifer Jason Leigh a standout as Lady Bird…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 03 Nov 2017

the movie's too conventional and too scattered to add anything of substance or interest to the Johnson story…

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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 03 Nov 2017

A great, award-worthy performance and some decent dialogue in an otherwise truncated feeling movie…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 03 Nov 2017

Rob Reiner directs a high-achieving cast led by Woody Harrelson, who grabs his role as Lyndon Baines Johnson by the ears…

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By Brad Wheeler (426) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 03 Nov 2017

Reiner is no Oliver Stone, but he does stir things up by presenting Bobby Kennedy in the villain's role as a serious jerk and crafty underminer…

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By Godfrey Cheshire (178) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 03 Nov 2017

LBJ captures a tumultuous political era and one of its most profanely colorful leaders with a good deal of insight and emotional torque…

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By Vellian (1) on 03 Nov 2017

I really enjoyed this movie! I'm not a big history buff, so a lot of the story was informative to me…

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By Jaetaylor (1) on 03 Nov 2017

This is Rob Reiner's best film in years! Great performances all around, especially from Woody and Richard Jenkins…

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By Rob Dean (54) for Bullz-Eye.com (1,091) on 02 Nov 2017

For all of its speechifying and heavy-handed attempts at framing history, LBJ doesn't deliver anything truly memorable to understanding history…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for TheWrap (3,203) on 02 Nov 2017

Rob Reiner’s LBJ is an often pedestrian, sometimes punchy, well-acted biopic that gives the mightily capable Woody Harrelson the reins of…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 02 Nov 2017

It’s a well-calibrated performance, with Harrelson convincingly conveying how Lyndon Johnson felt the weight of the world on his shoulders…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 02 Nov 2017

LBJ certainly isn't an examination of Johnson's effect on the political landscape of the United States…

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By Oleg Ivanov (57) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 02 Nov 2017

By pairing down Lyndon Baines Johnson’s multifarious life and career to this one piece of legislation, the film fails to do justice to both…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 02 Nov 2017

Harrelson disappears and reappears in the title role, hamstrung by an immovable neck prosthetic, but an almost unrecognizable Jennifer Jason…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 02 Nov 2017

The movie's ponderous re-enactment of history has the unfortunate effect of putting good actors in thankless roles, often under odd-looking…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 02 Nov 2017

A fairly standard-issue political docu-drama that's likely to hold your interest without being especially enlightening or vivid…

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By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 02 Nov 2017

LBJ would have benefited from a more distinctive voice…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Nov 2017

[LBJ] adds little to the cinematic understanding of Johnson's presidency already supplied…

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