A friend and I just saw Bobby last night, and I was really excited because I’ve been waiting to see this movie ever since I heard about it. The cast alone is enough reason to see the movie, but after I saw Emilio Estevez and Lindsay Lohan on Oprah promoting it I really just couldn’t wait.
Right now it’s only available in New York and L.A., but it goes into wide release on the 23rd so go see it.
I’ll tell you now, the MVPs of the movie are:
Sharon Stone - I was immediately drawn to her character and she made all of her scenes interesting even if the dialogue was a bit banal. Had great chemistry with everyone especially Lindsay in the beginning. Her scene where she talks to William H. Macy about you know what (don’t wanna spoil anything) was wonderfully done.
Shia LaBeouf - I really hated this kid on Even Stevens but inside I always knew he was really talented. I’ve seen him in other movies since then and it was obvious he had potential. I know a lot of people might disagree because they don’t wanna take him seriously, but I really thought he did a terrific job in this film–even outdoing some of these so-called veterans. Charismatic, funny, energetic, even emotional–just really great job from such a young, green actor.
Freddy Rodriguez - Loved him back on Six Feet Under but he REALLY, REALLY shines in this film. The part is well written (which I cannot say for some others *cough* Demi *cough*) and Freddy hits it right out of the park. I cared about his character more than I cared about ANY of the other people in this movie–and I’m not sure if it’s because of Freddy, Emilio’s writing, or both. If any acting nominations come out of this movie I hope one goes to him.
Honorable Mentions for me are Lindsay Lohan, Nick Cannon, and Martin Sheen. Lindsay played the role earnestly and very real. I think her and Elijah did a great job and had good chemistry–their story was one of my favorites. Nick’s reaction when Bobby was shot was enough to start the tears rolling–despite the fact that the girl who played his “girlfriend” was one of the worst actresses ever. Even though Martin and Helen’s storyline kind of annoyed me–I warmed up to it near the end–and Martin took his part and their story to the next level. I thank God Emilio didn’t try to make it a full family affair and cast Charlie in it though.
The worst part of the movie was probably Demi Moore and her horrid excuse for a character. Not only was I annoyed with her 2 dimensional portrayal of a drunken starlet, I felt like the character itself was completely pointless. It gave Estevez something to do, but it was just pointless. I have friends who could’ve pulled off a cheap performance like that back when we did theater in high school. Oh well, she tried.
I’ll have a full review of the movie tomorrow.
Click here for the write up we did about the movie a LONG time ago complete with a crapload of pictures from the film.