Cinematic greatness might not be evident, Bobby's message of peace and justice shines through.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 31, 2021

It's kind of a soapbox approach, but it actually works -- making Bobby just good enough to be worth a look, even if it could have been so much more.

| Nov 20, 2019

With BOBBY, Emilio Estevez reminds us that there was -- and still is -- hope of better things to come.

| Nov 7, 2019

A relevant story done in by self-important speechifying and unfocused tangents.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 6, 2019

Estevez is no Robert Altman but he does do a good job in mixing in archive footage of Bobby Kennedy in with the fictional action. The saccharine tone is in keeping with the fawning perspective of this rambling love letter from Emilio to Bobby.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2018

Estevez's hagiography feels simple-minded. That's not to say there weren't achievements to be honored in Robert F. Kennedy's career; Bobby just doesn't bother to do so.

| Oct 16, 2018

One wishes that Sirhan Sirhan didn't aim for Kennedy and instead set his sights on wiping out the entire lot of time-wasting characters.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 20, 2012

Not every story comes together into a satisfying climax, and it feels like some time has been wasted with some people that could have been better spent with others.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 7, 2011

A stew

| Aug 28, 2009

This movie has everything to do with Estevez's needy ego, and nothing to do with Bobby Kennedy. It is a disgrace.

| Original Score: D | Apr 24, 2009

Bobby throbs with tremendous contemporary relevance.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Feb 28, 2008

Emilio Estevez has done a terrific job with Bobby , a film that explores the lives of people who were at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles the day that Robert Kennedy won the California primary and was shot to death.

| Original Score: A | Jul 22, 2007

Despite problems with its subplots, the larger story of the times and the man are so compelling, and the actors here are so capable, that the movie succeeds.

Full Review | Original Score: 72/100 | Jun 8, 2007

The surprisingly masterful Bobby washes over you as a lament for a lost era, a lost legacy, a lost dream of the country that could have been.

| Mar 1, 2007

A fascinating reflection of the times, when idealism and hope still held pride of place in the minds and hearts of the American public

Full Review | Mar 1, 2007

There's nothing worse than a movie that knows it's important, and Bobby reminds its audience of that fact in almost every scene through character development, dialogue and plot.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 19, 2007

The ensemble structure of 'Bobby' becomes problematic, because some the stories are clumsy and dull.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 11, 2007

Fantasy icon super-imposed over a whole menu of subconscious collective thwarted desires.

| Feb 6, 2007

| Original Score: 1/6 | Feb 3, 2007

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 3, 2007