3.0 out of 5 stars
Penn and company save the film, Oct 5 2010
This review is from: All the King's Men (Widescreen Special Edition) (DVD)
this remake of the 1949 film is not as good as that version,but it's
still watchable,particularly for the performance of Sean Penn.he
transcends the material.watching him here,i can't help but think he may
be the greatest living actor of his generation,at the very least.Jackie
Earle Haley(whom i had heard a lot of good things about but had never seen
before)is also exceptional in a small role,as is Patricia Clarkson.the
rest of the supporting cast are also good.really all of the actors are
better than the movie they are in.this is really an actor's film.the
film itself tends to drag and be long winded and veer off track,losing
momentum which it never fully gains.if it weren't for Penn's bravura
performance,this would likely be a skippable movie.but he(and by
extension,the rest of the cast)salvages the film.for me,All the King's
Men (2006) is a 3/5
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