The first thing I have to address is the amount of extraordinarily horrible reviews I've read for this movie in the print press. Usually I can understand why a movie takes a beating. More often than not, the reviews are justified and even if I see the movie and I disagree, I can objectively see what a reviewer dislikes. With "Bobby", I honestly have no clue as to what was so damn offensive. This is a heartfelt, extremely well done movie and I thought it was just terrific. Its not "Airport" with a gunshot finale..yes it takes place in a HOTEL. People stay at HOTELS. There is an event that night. You get snapshots into the lives of the PEOPLE. What should it have been about, Sirhan Sirhan's MOTHER? Its about how everyone FELT. It was five years after JFK and right after Martin Luther King. Viet Nam was a war in not a place anymore. This country was raw and in deep need of a hero. Bobby Kennedy could have been that hero. The magnitude of that loss is captured with a capital "L"; Emilio has great respect for his audience and his subject matter.Its also not over-populated with stars in an effort to cover up the fact that there is nothing significant on the screen. I will admit that due to the bad press, I was somewhat skeptical going in but Emilio did it, he made a great movie that I am more than happy to praise. Didn't know he had it in him, but he does. Good for him, good for those who appreciate this movie, and if you don't, hey, your loss.
Two of the performances are outstanding and deserve Oscar nominations, if not the statues themselves. Demi Moore as lounge singer/drunk Virginia Falloon has never given any indication, in my book anyway, that she had this performance in her. She's totally mesmerizing as she talks back to her husband about what she wants and why she should get it, and then insults her hairdresser.
Better than that is Freddy Rodriguez as busboy Jose. His day didn't start out well. He has tickets, good ones, to see the Dodgers, and more specifically, Don Drysdale, that night. He's told he has to work a double shift so he'll miss the game. He gives the tickets to co-worker Ed (Laurence Fishburne) and Ed is grateful. He sees the potential in Jose, anoints him The Once and Future King, and these two terrific actors share a scene that is so incredibly exquisite that's its almost unbelievable and it makes me think I could cry again to re-think it. Cinematic perfection. I mean it too.
I cried, my mother cried, my aunt cried. Its very emotionally powerful, if you are open to it. Judging from a couple of the reviews I've read on this site, at least some of the people who've seen this agree with me. I'd see it if I were you. 10/10, obviously.
Two of the performances are outstanding and deserve Oscar nominations, if not the statues themselves. Demi Moore as lounge singer/drunk Virginia Falloon has never given any indication, in my book anyway, that she had this performance in her. She's totally mesmerizing as she talks back to her husband about what she wants and why she should get it, and then insults her hairdresser.
Better than that is Freddy Rodriguez as busboy Jose. His day didn't start out well. He has tickets, good ones, to see the Dodgers, and more specifically, Don Drysdale, that night. He's told he has to work a double shift so he'll miss the game. He gives the tickets to co-worker Ed (Laurence Fishburne) and Ed is grateful. He sees the potential in Jose, anoints him The Once and Future King, and these two terrific actors share a scene that is so incredibly exquisite that's its almost unbelievable and it makes me think I could cry again to re-think it. Cinematic perfection. I mean it too.
I cried, my mother cried, my aunt cried. Its very emotionally powerful, if you are open to it. Judging from a couple of the reviews I've read on this site, at least some of the people who've seen this agree with me. I'd see it if I were you. 10/10, obviously.