LBJ

2017
6.5| 1h38m| R| en| More Info
Released: 03 November 2017 Released
Producted By: Castle Rock Entertainment
Country: United States of America
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The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.

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ThiefHott Too much of everything
BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay
Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Michael O'Keefe Rob Reiner directs this slightly dark political biopic. Quickly taking the reigns of the nation in the wake of President John Kennedy's assassination, Texan Lyndon Baines Johnson assumes the leadership of the U.S. during an engrossing problematic time. Woody Harrelson is outstanding in the earthy and tacky portrayal of the Southern Conservative Democrat forced to deal with the Vietnam War (hardly mentioned) that politically brought him down. Keeping his hatred of Bobby Kennedy to simmer, LBJ does get the 1964 civil rights law passed, plus Medicare and Medicaid. . . while bombs keep falling in Southeastern Asia. Reiner's LBJ may not sit well with political history buffs, but is a film well worth watching. It is a gripping look at a sometimes disappointing and often vulgar presidency. Scenery is outstanding and with some exceptional good acting from Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lady Bird Johnson, Michael Stahl-David as Bobby Kennedy and Jeffrey Donovan as JFK. Of course, Harrelson is in command all the way. Also featured in the cast: Richard Jenkins, Bill Pullman, C. Thomas Howell, Kim Allen and Michael Mosley.
TxMike My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library. A gripping movie from beginning to end, kudos for letting us see a bit more inside the iconic LBJ.I was a freshman in college in 1963 when the key events occurred, President Kennedy was killed in Dallas then the Vice President, LBJ, was sworn is as the new POTUS. As a young man I didn't pay too much attention to who this LBJ was but over the years I have heard that he was a relentless deal-maker and used a very forceful style to get things done.Woody Harrelson with appropriate makeup and prosthetics is in the role of LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson, and he carries it very well. Harrelson has a very distinctive voice and early on all I saw was Woody, but as the movie moved along I started to actually see LBJ. This will not be a problem for the younger audience who never had any appreciable exposure to the real LBJ.All in all a totally enjoyable movie of an interesting and seminal time in the history of the USA, his first great achievement was pushing through one of Kennedy's prime focuses and having the Civil Rights Bill passed.
lavatch This superficial film portrait of Lyndon Baines Johnson oozes sentimentality, as opposed to seeking to present historical truth. The film completely misses the truth that LBJ was a political opportunist, who was skillful at promoting himself at the expense of human values or the will of the American people.The film conveniently bypasses the unsavory story of LBJ's rise to power, including:(1) the way that he forced himself on the Democratic ticket through virtual blackmail, in order to become JFK's running mate in 1960;(2) the way that he changed course in his personal beliefs to support the civil rights platform in order to enhance his prestige as the architect of The Great Society. Political expediency was all that matters to LBJ. He was not an agent of social change or a humanitarian, as depicted in the film;(3) the way that he steered America into the disastrous Vietnam War. No mention is made of the disgraceful Gulf of Tonkin pretext for the war or LBJ's desperate attempt to win the war primarily out of trying to avoid being the first American president lose a war, as we learned from the Pentagon Papers.The crooked past of LBJ was completely ignored in the film, as well as the deep loathing that he felt for the Kennedy brothers. Sorensen's State of the Union speech written for LBJ identified the death of John F. Kennedy as "the foulest deed of our time." But this Hollywoodized treatment of the JFK assassination and the "accidental" presidency of Lyndon Johnson fails to present the tectonic shift of history of our nation that occurred on November22, 1963. A large portion of the shift is due to the disgraceful conduct of Lyndon Baines Johnson, one of the most despicable figures in American history.
Michael Ledo The film starts on the day of the Kennedy assassination and then uses Johnson's rise to power as a subplot. Eventually they come together. The film concentrates on the passage of the Civil Rights Act and ignores everything else that happened during this time from Cuba to Vietnam. Woody Harrelson plays a colorful and slightly comedic LBJ. Bobby Kennedy (Michael Stahl-David) plays the main antagonist. The film was an interesting behind the scenes drama of the workings of government. John Kennedy was the dreamer and LBJ was never expected to deliver. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.