All the Way

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Henry D @Henry_Domke 2d LBJ was a surprisingly effective president, and this is a surprisingly effective film. It’s hard to believe how completely Bryan Cranston becomes him on screen. The makeup helps, but this is pure, grade-A acting. Nothing flashy or showy, just confident, well-crafted filmmaking. See more Kyle M @RT77296778 03/18/2025 This truly shows in defining LBJ’s political struggles as Jay Roach timely sought relevant demonstratable trappings between Bryce Cranston’s gravitational capture and Anthony Mackie’s superb embodiment, both being routine convictions in executing a solid screenplay with unexpected minimal disconnection. (B+) See more My N @Mynerva 09/25/2023 Excellent. Bryan Cranston and his meticulous make-up artist surprise us in this compelling embodiment of LBJ. Cranston looks and sounds the part well enough to allow us to revisit critical moments in U.S. history. And the strong cast -incl. Frank Langella, Melissa Leo, Anthony Mackie- help to make this film one of the best portrayals of the 36th president, reminding us that LBJ's domestic legacy is far-reaching and long lasting, despite his shortcomings in foreign policy. A must see movie. See more Aaron S @RT79746728 11/09/2022 Well acted by a great cast with great production value, All the Way is a very good movie if you're interested in watching what Lyndon B. Johnson's first year as president leading up to his election was like. I, unfortunately, was not particularly in the mood for it and despite finishing it and thinking it was indeed a good historical drama, it just was too intermittently boring to really win me over. See more Ben D @RT87620530 02/15/2022 As Your Honor taught us, despite Cranston being a phenomenal actor, he cannot do it alone. Luckily, All the Way pairs this great American actor with one of the most interesting and tumultuous times in American history to form a significant and entertaining movie — even if they did Barry Goldwater (who was much less of a racist than LBJ) dirty. Cranston plays Lyndon B. Johnson, successor to JFK. A conflicted man who used his penis to intimidate his colleagues and enemies (although, I think we only got one dick reference here), LBJ's legacy is one of the more interesting ones in Presidential history: Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts = Good; Vietnam surge = Bad. There are several interweaving storylines here, all with Johnson at the fulcrum. LBJ and Martin Luther King, Jr. (Anthony Mackie), LBJ and J. Edgar Hoover (Stephen Root), LBJ and Hubert Humphrey (Bradley Whitford), and several others. I haven't seen much LBJ footage, but I feel like Cranston does an exceptional job anyway — if it's not an imitation, it's definitely a transformation. It runs a smidge long and is definitely a pro-LBJ story with little nuance, but overall it showcases the many sides of the 36th President, from his most aggressive to most vulnerable. See more 09/26/2021 LBJ, the most racist president since Wilson, fighting for Civil Rights legislation he had previously opposed (check out his record as a Senator) is as historically inaccurate as Spielberg’s Lincoln devoting his life toward ending slavery contrary to the true fact of his endorsement of the Corwin amendment (look it up). See more Read all reviews

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