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Release Date: September 22nd, 2006

DVD Release Date: December 19th, 2006

PG-13|2 hr 8 min

Plot Summary
Charismatic Southern politician Willie Stark's (Sean Penn) idealism and good intentions give way to corruption after he becomes governor of Louisiana. Unfortunately for Stark, his right-hand man (Jude Law) retains the same good moral fibre he had when the men both entered the political arena.

Cast: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson, Anthony Hopkins, Jackie Earle Haley

Director: Steven Zaillian

Genres: Drama

Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation, VIP, Phoenix Pictures, AKM Productions

Distributors: Sony Pictures

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  • 10
    Joe MorgensternWall Street Journal

    What a botch. All the King's Men, a remake of Robert Rossen's classic 1949 film about the rise and fall of a Southern demagogue, has no center, no coherence, no soul and no shame.

  • 50
    Steven ReaPhiladelphia Inquirer

    In essence, a wild soap opera disguised as a political allegory, it's a movie, with its over-the-map performances, that is worth catching only for the inadvertent laugh or two. show more

  • 50
    Kirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood Reporter

    Audience can certainly find entertainment in this movie, so long as no one takes things too seriously. One suspects, however, that Zaillian and a vast team of producers and executive producers that includes political consultant and pundit James Carville believe they are making a serious commentary on American politics. It comes closer to kitsch. show more

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