All the Way

Sparing in artistry, brimming with craftsmanship. Lots semi-interesting historical dialogue, but with only a little contemplation or insight. Even the generic musical score seems to whisper out, "let's move this plot along quickly here, lest something deep-seated take hold." It's momentum over atmosphere--a somewhat bland retelling of objective facts. All that said, the acting is basically beyond reproach. As LBJ, Cranston turns in work superior to what garnered him an Oscar nom in Trumbo.

(THE WEST TEXAS WING)

Acting was good but found the whole thing rushed and confusing.

Excellent, but imperfect because of some lapses in the storytelling that miss out on the real historical narrative--LBJ's imposing presence had an impact more than depicted here; Cranston isn't physically large enough to pull that off, and a great filmmaker could get around that, but Roach doesn't. Moreover, MLK's influence isn't fully grasped; Roach ignored SELMA's successes in that thematic regard. The performances compensate for Roach's shortcomings, though.

I wanted to like it more, but for all the talent they hired they didn't really explain the why of the situation. Here is a slightly mad shouty guy with a line of folksy stories, he is trying to get legislation passed to end discrimination. He kinda does, hurrah. There isn't the weight, just the importance. Bit of a shame, it's still very watchable.

Great cast with Cranston and Langella as the stand-outs. An interesting story of the lesser known American President... *Good

worth seeing for Cranstron and the (re)production values. a bunch of important stuff happened in 1964, and this movie shows some of it. would've worked better as a miniseries, but i guess they wanted to catch the Nov 2016 moment.

Cranston carries this film on his back and it's worth watching for him alone, but everything else is lackluster. Nuts and bungholes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zNMo8kl7Ac

Bryan Cranston is LBJ!

All the points based purely on the performances. Like usual not really that into the whitewashing Dr. King receives but whatever. 366th movie of the year!