LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

robinhurley I started watching this film on television. The information about the film described it as being a film about a corrupt American politician. Very run of the mill you might think!However when I started watching the film I realised that this man was unusual. He campaigned vigorously and he helped poor people, often helping individuals he met on his campaign. He also helped black people.I decided to look up Huey P Long on Wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_LongI realised that Huey P Long was an interesting character. I am not sure I would have realised that if I had watched the film to the end.

pdopd John Goodman played a good mean guy, but Huey wasn't a mean guy.In this movie the main character claims to be Huey, displaying a bad temper and hitting people, hardly an accurate portrayal of the real "Kingfish." Everyone loved Huey, except for a few greedy elitists. Huey opposed the unjust status que, where 85% of the wealth was owned by 5% of the population. They owned the Papers, oil wells and plantations. He was a valiant public servant working hard for the; oppressed, uneducated and poor of Louisiana. These people loved Huey. Consequently, he won the governorship with over 93% of the popular vote. He gave them reason to believe in good government.Paul Monash wrote an interesting book but not an accurate book. Taking historical liberties to sell a movie, is wrong. But, to taint a fallen hero's character, while doing it is an insult.

kyle_793 John goodman has proven his acting ability with this movie. It should be considered the height of his career. It is extremely doubtful that any actor could have played Huey P. Long with such conviction and believability as John Goodman. Combined with a lovely performance by anne heche, the movie is an acting coup. A must-see for lovers of historical films.

Hotoil I originally rented this not knowing it was made for television. When I found out, it explained a lot.The structure of the film is horrible, it is as if your watching a mini-series with numerous episodes missing. It just wasn't put together well at all.Now it sports an all-star cast but it seems as if they didn't even take it that seriously. John Goodman, who I usually like, is pretty bad here. He goes in and out of his southern accent quite often, and comes off as phony as I've ever seen him (and it isn't just his character). Anne Heche isn't that bad but she is hardly on screen so it doesn't help this sinking ship.The execution is just awful. There is an interesting story here but they don't do it well at all. I'd skip this unless you really enjoy taking in a lousy movie.