February 16, 2009
"Win With Willie." Well deserved Oscar wins for Best Picture, Actor and Supporting Actress. Highly recommended.
Anne Seymour, Broderick Crawford, Grandon Rhodes
The rise and fall of a corrupt politician, who makes his friends richer and retains power by dint of a populist appeal. Ultimately, however, his behavior catches up with him and he is assassinated by ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001
Stats: 200 reviews
Flixster Reviews (200)
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April 26, 2008"I don't need money. People gives me things because they believe in me."
The Academy Awards favoured All the King's Men with Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress as well as many other well-earnt nominations.
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October 18, 2007Don't let the bad critical reviews of the remake scare you away from the story. The story is very good and this original is very compelling. Mercedes McCambridge who provided the voice of the devil in the Exorcist is a young woman (still with a unique voice) in this film; she g...( read more)
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July 6, 2008I was really glad I could keep up with this political thriller...er... drama... it was pretty enticing though and I was pretty into it even though politics turn great people bad... Really good acting, for sure.
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September 20, 2009The one major dramatic flaw in the film is that the politician's transformation occurs much too abruptly. Sure, there are a few scenes of him being good at the beginning of the film, but he sees one politician win an election, delivers a great monologue when drunk, becomes disgus...( read more)
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September 5, 2009A painful look at political corruption. Crawford is great as Willie Stark. Film goes a long way in destroying naiveté.
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September 4, 2009good & real about power & abuse of it & its corruption even with the best of intentions...
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August 31, 2009a good political drama. one of 1940's finest. mercedes mccambridge despite minimal screentime manage to steal the scene and she deserve that Oscar (Are you?, are you?, are you?) and the slap scene still racking my head.
Critic Reviews
January 17, 2007
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
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