This is one of those movies that gets by on supposedly having it's heart in the right place - AND the fact that it was made by members of the Hollywood elite. It is in reality a cute short film stretched to an interminable length and infused with naive, bumper sticker politics.
After the first twenty minutes the script turns into a muddled, poorly written political thriller which is neither suspenseful nor interesting. It is at this point that the movie begins pounding a lot of DNC approved, totally BS, psuedo-liberal nonsense down the audience's collective throat. I was almost waiting for someone to start talking about grassy knoll and the book repository.
I would be curious to know if and when Warren Beatty saw Bob Roberts because his film Bullworth explores similar themes in a mature and thoughtful manner. In that film Beatty shows a greater understanding of both politics and film making. I almost wonder if Beatty's film was a response to Bob Roberts because it is clearly an attack on the kind of kneejerk liberalism that characterizes this film.
It's too bad that Robbins got so much acclaim for this trite, overstuffed, student film - I think it stunted his growth as a film maker as the boring, poorly paced Cradle Will Rock clearly demonstrated.
After the first twenty minutes the script turns into a muddled, poorly written political thriller which is neither suspenseful nor interesting. It is at this point that the movie begins pounding a lot of DNC approved, totally BS, psuedo-liberal nonsense down the audience's collective throat. I was almost waiting for someone to start talking about grassy knoll and the book repository.
I would be curious to know if and when Warren Beatty saw Bob Roberts because his film Bullworth explores similar themes in a mature and thoughtful manner. In that film Beatty shows a greater understanding of both politics and film making. I almost wonder if Beatty's film was a response to Bob Roberts because it is clearly an attack on the kind of kneejerk liberalism that characterizes this film.
It's too bad that Robbins got so much acclaim for this trite, overstuffed, student film - I think it stunted his growth as a film maker as the boring, poorly paced Cradle Will Rock clearly demonstrated.