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Twenty-two people become unwitting participants in a tragic and defining moment of the 1960s in this period drama from actor and director Emilio Estevez. It's early June in 1968, and the California pr... read more read more...esidential primary elections are occupying the minds of many in the Golden State, with Robert F. Kennedy in a close race against Eugene McCarthy and Hubert Humphrey. The Kennedy campaign staff has set up camp at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, while the staff and guests become observers as the brother of fallen president John F. Kennedy sets out to pick up where his sibling left off. Paul (William H. Macy) is the manager of the Ambassador, and his wife, Miriam (Sharon Stone), is a hairdresser who runs' the hotel's beauty salon. Angela (Heather Graham) is a receptionist working the hotel's switchboard who has been sleeping with Paul behind Miriam's back. Timmons (Christian Slater) is in charge of the hotel's restaurant and catering department, and makes no secret of his dislike of the African-Americans and Latinos under his employ. Miguel (Jacob Vargas) and Jose (Freddy Rodriguez) are two young Chicanos on the kitchen staff who have it in for Timmons, while Robinson (Laurence Fishburne) is an older black man who counsels them on dealing with their rage. Virginia Fallon (Demi Moore) sings in the hotel's cocktail lounge and has a serious problem with alcohol; her husband, Tim (Emilio Estevez), is a Kennedy supporter and also her manager, and he's nearing the end of his rope in dealing with her problem. William (Elijah Wood) is a young man desperate to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam; Diane (Lindsay Lohan) is a pretty young woman dating William's brother who agrees to marry him so William can avoid being drafted, though William is clearly infatuated with her, while she considers this a marriage in name only. John Casey (Anthony Hopkins) is one of the owners of the Ambassador, and Nelson (Harry Belafonte) is an old friend who works at the hotel. And Jack (Martin Sheen) is a wealthy Kennedy campaign financier who is married to Samantha (Helen Hunt), an attractive but much younger woman. Bobby also features Joshua Jackson, Nick Cannon, and Shia LaBeouf as young Kennedy campaign volunteers, while Ashton Kutcher, Joy Bryant, Kip Pardue, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead also highlight the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 59 min.

Directed by: Emilio Estevez

Release Date: November 23, 2006

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  • moonrivers
    February 26, 2012
    moonrivers
    Emilio Estevez wrote and directed this interesting take on the day in the life of the famous Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles ... only the day in question is really important: the day Bobby Kennedy was shot there. And so we see dramatized the mindset of a cross section of the cou... read morentry, hopes, dreams, foibles. The film asks for hope to prevail, especially in the face of loss. Good.
  • ironclad1609
    January 25, 2012
    ironclad1609
    A cast to dream of gets together to relive the events of the last day in Robert Kennedy's life in the Ambassador hotel in Chicago in June 1968. No less than 22 characters, played mostly be really big names, go through their own little dramas as the day progresses and approaches t... read morehe presidential candidates's speech. While the film starts out with some original footage and later on shows Kennedy's speeches and public appearances on TV screens merged into the scenes, the focus is clearly on those everyday people and their different stories. Given their high amount, it is no surprise that that leaves only little screen time for each of them. The film still does a good job portraying each one of them and characterizing them within a handful of scenes. That does not mean that a couple of them feel a tad mundane or superficial and maybe even unnecessary. Kutcher and LaBouef's LSD adventures add very little to the film. The scene switches too often to ever get boring, though. Shortly before things get a little tiresome everyone unites to listen to Kennedy's speech and the rest is history. The last 15 minutes are brilliant, as the assassination also affects most of the characters we've met, while a classic Kennedy speech is playing from the off. That's when the film finally reaches a really emotional and moving level, sending off the audience with a real downer, that is yet so true and relevant.
  • imrealgod
    January 1, 2011
    imrealgod
    While ignorance turned out to be a bliss for me in Hollywoodland's case, here it played a negative role. Though the movie is not out and out boring/disappointing, it surely wasn't what I'd expected. I guess I'm the one to be blamed here. I expected some thriller of JFK sort here.... read more Unfortunately, it wasn't so. I was looking forward to the events that led to the assassination, not a sneak-peak into the lives of certain people, most of which invented, who happened to be in the hotel where RFK was assassinated.

    Didn't serve too well for me, probably because it didn't belong to one of my favorite genres, AND also because most of the created events were "being there, seen it all" types (have seen those type of events in other movies & this movie neither offered anything new nor was its execution unique).
  • ythelastman89
    January 11, 2010
    ythelastman89
    I loved this, a perfect ensemble. It's one of the most interesting ways to approach Bobby Kennedy's death. Instead of making it about him, it is about the people who he effected. It also takes a very critical look at the time period and the social changes of the time. Emilio Este... read morevez did an amazing job at getting down a distinct style down, a great debut.
  • MovieGeek13
    March 19, 2009
    MovieGeek13
    The last twenty minutes are especially moving.
  • aliceinpunderland
    February 23, 2009
    aliceinpunderland
    A good day-in-the-lives movie, with interesting subplots and reveals. I wish there could be more historical grounding between the real people who were injured in that kitchen and the ones in the movie. Now they're just random fictionalized characters.
  • matertenebraum
    December 21, 2008
    matertenebraum
    #12 Bobby
    Okay, there?s no actor which, we think, adds to this spectacular film. We also have to admit that, of course, Bobby Kennedy's life was cut short before he had a chance to reach The Oval Office. But what the hey! A great cast of actors surround actual clips of Bobby?s sp... read moreeeches and appearances a short time before his death here.
    President Speak: "I have saved this one opportunity, my only event of today, to speak briefly to you about the mindless menace of violence in America which again stains our land and every one of our lives."
  • LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    December 5, 2008
    LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    "He saw wrong and tried to right it. He saw suffering and tried to heal it. He saw war and tried to stop it."

    It's early June in 1968, and the California presidential primary elections are occupying the minds of many in the Golden State, with Robert F. Kennedy in a clo... read morese race against Eugene McCarthy and Hubert Humphrey. The Kennedy campaign staff has set up camp at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, while the staff and guests become observers as the brother of fallen president John F. Kennedy sets out to pick up where his sibling left off. Paul (William H. Macy) is the manager of the Ambassador, and his wife Miriam (Sharon Stone) is a hairdresser who runs's the hotel's beauty salon. Angela (Heather Graham) is a receptionist working the hotel's switchboard who has been sleeping with Paul behind Miriam's back. Timmons (Christian Slater) is in charge of the hotel's restaurant and catering department, and makes no secret of his dislike of the African-Americans and Latinos under his employ. Miguel (Jacob Vargas) and Jose (Freddy Rodriguez) are two young Chicanos on the kitchen staff who have it in for Timmons, while Robinson (Laurence Fishburne) is an older black man who counsels them on dealing with their rage. Virginia Fallon (Demi Moore) sings in the hotel's cocktail lounge and has a serious problem with alcohol; her husband Tim (Emilio Estevez) is a Kennedy supporter and also her manager, and he's nearing the end of his rope in dealing with her problem. William (Elijah Wood) is a young man desperate to avoid being drafted and sent to Vietnam; Diane (Lindsay Lohan) is a pretty young woman dating William's brother who agrees to marry him so William can avoid being drafted, though William is clearly infatuated with her while she considers this a marriage in name only. John Casey (Anthony Hopkins) is one of the owners of the Ambassador, and Nelson (Harry Belafonte) is an old friend who works at the hotel. And Jack (Martin Sheen) is a wealthy Kennedy campaign financier who is married to Samantha (Helen Hunt), an attractive but much younger woman.

    Review
    The idea of engaging viewers with the a variety of characters whilst maintaining the fundamental principles of Bobby Kennedy was ingenious. I found the film very refreshing as it kindly skipped the one million conspiracy theories of 'Who killed Bobby Kennedy?' However, it is clear that he probably would have won the election and paired with the extremely vagueness the assassin's words said to him before he fired the shot, implied that someone didn't want him in office. The major characters include a couple marrying to avoid being sent to Vietnam, an alcoholic performer/singer with a very unappreciated husband, a hairdresser with an unfaithful husband, a kitchen manager with a cynical interpretation of life and two young men who enjoy avoiding responsibility. The minor characters like the kitchen staff, receptionists, the drug dealer, the retired man with Alzheimer's and the waitress aspiring to be an actor are as interesting as the main characters. The film dealt with emotions encountered with betrayal, love and humanity. Therefore, the scene with the most impact showed how people of all races, class and religions grieved at the shooting and death of Bobby Kennedy, a betrayal of humanity. Although, the film left me with a feeling of hope despite this occurrence. Altogether, good direction, great plot and good dialogue. Emilio Estevez pleasantly surprised me with this piece! It was well done.
  • paulsandberg
    June 5, 2008
    paulsandberg
    I found this film to be a window into a space in time. The charactors believable, even if some of the stories weren't about much - that's the point; they were there, going about their lives, and were touched by having hope taken away. I find so many parellells to the Obama camp... read moreaign, and believe that many who work for the campaign feel just as strongly for their candidate and the hope he brings for re-uniting the country and casting aside the political structure we've been tethered to these past 40 years.


    Still, that really is digressing from the movie itself, though that IS the message; and needs to be underlined.

    I truly enjoyed this film and was shaken by the chaos of the immediate aftermath of the shooting, and was compelled to feel the loss and sense of emptiness that all those involved felt. That was the film's true intention and it delivered in spades.
  • aliyanto
    April 7, 2008
    aliyanto
    On its own terms, this movie is a reasonably moving potrayal of a society in need of salvation.

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Critic Reviews

Andrew Sarris
December 6, 2006
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

For all his good intentions, Mr. Estevez has reduced history to a bad melodrama in which nothing much happens until a crazed assassin (of whom we catch only a fleeting prior glimpse) supposedly destro...

Ty Burr
November 25, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Ham-handed and TV-movie flat, it states the obvious, then states it again and again and again. Full Review

Peter Howell
November 24, 2006
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

It's this disconnect between historical reality and dramatic indulgence that keeps an otherwise worthy film from being completely satisfying. There are moments, though, where even the most hardened cy... Full Review

Roger Moore
November 24, 2006
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

It's a tin-eared movie, in many regards, history rewritten by that C-student who tries to jam too many footnotes into every character. Full Review

Liam Lacey
November 24, 2006
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

A lot of quick, character-defining cameos, which makes the movie play out like a pilot for a sprawling prime-time television show. Full Review

Robert Denerstein
November 24, 2006
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

It's little more than a collection of half-glimpsed lives.

Lisa Kennedy
November 24, 2006
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

A compelling film of tender moral decency that boasts a number of moments not to be shrugged off. Full Review

Jonathan Rosenbaum
November 24, 2006
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

So keenly felt and so deeply imagined I couldn't help but be moved, even grateful for its bleeding-heart nostalgia -- which winds up feeling rather up-to-date. Full Review

Ann Hornaday
November 23, 2006
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Ambitious, uneven and deeply affecting drama. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
November 23, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

With one film, Estevez has transformed himself from a middle-aged joke into a youthful auteur who has made something beautiful, something he can be proud of, one of the best films of 2006. Full Review

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