Product: All the King's Men [Blu-ray] (2007)
Rating: 3.0
Bayou blues
I thought this movie much too darktoo shallow and too slowMost characters don't come to lifethey just go with the flowIt starts off well with Willie Starkthe hick who would be kingHe turned the tables on the folkwho'd yanked him on a stringHe gave 'em heck, this simple manbut power soon corruptsHe gets his fingers dirtyand a scandal then eruptsHe's no more crooked than the restas we will soon discoverAnd asks his spin practitionersome secrets to uncoverJack Burden is his right hand manPolite and politicBackgrounds more like chalk and cheeseYet something makes it stickA tangled web they weave and spinBut much is left unsaidDesires, dreams and ambitionsleft hanging by a threadSean Penn fits neatly in the roleLaw mostly looks prettyWinslet never gets a chanceto show her nitty grittyThe others just weave in and outwithout a strong foundationIf this one's showing on TVI think I'd change the stationAmanda Richards, April 23, 2007