4/14/07

Bobby (2006)
Director: Emilio Estevez
Writer: Emilio Estevez
Starring: Harry Belafonte, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Lawrence Fishborne, Heather Graham, and Anthony Hopkins
Co-Starring: Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LeBeouf, William H. Macy, Lindsay Lohan, Demi Moore, Freddy Rodregiuez, Christian Slater, Martin Sheen, Sharon Stone, and Elijah Wood
Description: Tuesday, June 4, 1968: the California presidential primary. As day breaks Robert Kennedy arrives at the Ambassador Hotel; he'll campaign, then speak to supporters at midnight. To capture the texture of the late 1960s, we see vignettes at the hotel: a couple marries so he can avoid Vietnam, kitchen staff discuss race and baseball, a man cheats on his wife, another is fired for racism, a retired hotel doorman plays chess in the lobby with an old friend, a campaign strategist's wife needs a pair of black shoes, two campaign staff trip on LSD, a lounge singer is on the downhill slide. Through it all, we see and hear RFK calling for a better society and a better nation.
Rating: C
In a word... boring.