Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Sean Penn, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson, James Gandolfini, Jackie Earle Haley |
Director |
Steven Zaillian |
Screenplay | Steven Zaillian, from the novel by Robert Penn Warren |
Music | James Horner |
Cinematography | Pawel Edelman |
Editing | Wayne Wahrman |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
Made in | 2006 |
Produced by | Columbia Pictures Corporation, Phoenix Pictures, AKM Productions, VIP 3 Medienfonds, VIP 4 Medienfonds |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Genre | Drama |
Language | Infrequently mild to strong |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Infrequently strong resulting in death |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | There is no positive ending to the storyline, because the manner in which the intended answers have to be found, ended up bringing death. |
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Alcohol / Drugs |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
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Topics to talk about |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Unfortunately all the king's men couldn't put this story back together again. | 5 | |
Cape Times Kenneth Turan Past issues still relevant today. | 5 | |
Mail & Guardian Shaun de Waal | 10 | |
The Citizen Sabrina Dean All The King's Men resonates with a tangible atmosphere, like thick cigar smoke cloying sinuously within the heavy confines of a wood-paneled room | 11 | |
Sunday Times Barry Ronge Both the craft and the talent to make a good movie is there, but Zaillian produces a smug cliché. | 5 | |
BBC Stella Papamichael It's a typical politician's tale — all talk and no action. | 5 | |
Box Office Shlomo Schwartzberg The new version of the story is a clunky, unconvincing drama that’s pretty much stillborn from the outset. | 3 | |
eye Weekly Jason Anderson Though clearly respectful of his source, Zaillian rarely replicates its vitality, a failure that reduces Warren's political jambalaya to a tasteless gruel. | 5 | |
ReelViews James Berardinelli All the King's Men is a patchwork of poor choices and uneven results, the most obvious of which is its pacing. With inappropriate flash-forwards and badly placed flashbacks, All the King's Men lurches unsteadily forward amidst variable performances and impressive cinematography. | 10 | |
ScreenIt A remake of the better and more entertaining 1949 film that won three Oscars, including Best Picture | 8 | |
Metacritic.com 37 critics | 7 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 146 critics | 8 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Aims for major statements and misses wildly | 2 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 4450 Netizens Great movie, highly recommended. | 12 | |
Average .. 34% | 7 |