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I love this movie so much

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Don't Believe the Hype

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

...is the right word about this film who has three basic virtues - the touching story, the wise ideas and the great cast. it is not easy to say why this film is real special. maybe, for the change of perspective. about politic, about America and about the profound revolution changing a society. the only decent word - see it ! maybe, for discover a surprising director giving his film as pledge for values, as map of beautiful characters, as history lesson. and as useful support for reflection.

This is indeed the true triumph of Emilio Estevez as a director. At the conclusion of this movie, when the words "Written and Directed by Emilio Estevez", you will get chills. This is motion picture greatness. In bringing his vision to the screen he has given the world the film Bobby, a motion picture for the ages. Working from his own brilliant screenplay and an all star cast, each member of which gives the finest performance of their respective careers, he has proved himself a major cinematic artist. This is one of the most powerful and deeply moving movies ever projected upon a theater screen. The soundtrack is breathtaking and perfect. The intertwining stories of the lives surrounding the assassination reflects profoundly how all our lives were touched by Kennedy's presence as well as his tragic senseless demise at the hands of a deranged lone gunman. Sensitively observed, beautifully realized, and magnificently produced, Bobby is indeed one of the most important pieces of cinema history ever filmed. No one who sees Bobby will remain unchanged by what they have experienced.

Writer-director-co-star Emilio Estevez takes a tragic, emotional event in American history--the June 5th, 1968 assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy by Sirhan Sirhan--and attempts to build a kaleidoscope of stories around it, giving personalities to the faces in the crowd that fateful night at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel. Curiously, Estevez chose not to focus on Kennedy (who is represented by newsreel footage), nor on Sirhan Sirhan, but on fictional (or fictionalized) characters such as a young couple marrying to keep the husband out of Vietnam; two young campaign workers who drop acid and spend the entire day goofing off; a Hispanic busboy at the hotel, fighting for equality and hoping to get the night off to see the Dodgers play; a beautician whose husband is cheating on her; and so on. With such a horrible tragedy looming over the third act of the picture, it's rather difficult to care about what color shoes Helen Hunt wears, or whether Lindsay Lohan's parents will turn up at her ceremony. Estevez has his heart in the right place (and his visual eye is impressive), but the screenplay is shallow and turgid, laughably underlined with a kind of political correctness which is supposed to make the picture seem relevant but is instead anachronistic. Star-studded cast generally fails to make an impression, though again this is the fault of the writing. ** from ****

I have mixed feelings about this movie. A lot of the scenes have nothing to do with Senator Kennedy - so the word fill-in comes to mind. However these scenes are well-done and keep you interested - Demie Moore as a drunk was quite hilarious. Perhaps the movie should have been called 'Ambassador Hotel'. For more about Senator Kennedy see a documentary on PBS. Also as I was watching the movie I felt it would have been more interesting to have a movie on the day after, rather than prior to the assassination. It must have been very traumatic for all those in the hotel who showed up for work the next day. The scenes at the end of the movie are riveting and heart-breaking.