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All the King's Men

Overview


Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

September 22, 2006 (Wide)

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Steven Zaillian

Starring :

Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson, Anthony Hopkins

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

1 of 4

“..presents a far softer and duller version of Stark and his cronies than the old one did..”
by Michael Phillips [Chicago Tribune]
“..Overstuffed and fatally miscast, "All the King's Men" never comes to life..”
by Todd McCarthy [Variety]
2.5 of 4

“..lacks urgency and focus..”
by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
2 of 5

“..is so swept up in being an important and timely film that it somehow never quite gets around to being either..”
by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
2 of 4

“..doesn't have anything urgent or even interesting to say..”
by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
1 of 5

“..All the King's Men is nothing short of a disaster..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
2 of 4

“..a glossy, pretentious mediocrity..”
by Pam Grady [Reel]
“..a far better film than most of what churns through the theaters..”
by Barbara Vancheri [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
Review rate : C-
Reviewed by Lisa Schwarzbaum [Entertainment Weekly]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Bruce Newman [San Jose Mercury News]
Reviewed by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Reviewed by John Urbancich [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
Reviewed by Kenneth Turan [Los Angeles Times]

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