LBJ
Electric Entertainment | Release Date: November 3, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
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Mixed or average reviews based on 19 Critic Reviews
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8
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11
Negative:
0
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75
ObserverRex ReedNov 7, 2017
Woody Harrelson in the title role has enough spice to keep the viewer alert and attentive. That’s more than I can say about most of the junk that greets the year-end 2017 holiday season. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireNov 3, 2017
LBJ captures a tumultuous political era and one of its most profanely colorful leaders with a good deal of insight and emotional torque. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartNov 3, 2017
As a primer on one of history’s less flashy leaders, it’s a worthwhile watch — mostly for fellow Texan Woody Harrelson’s committed performance behind those prosthetic ears. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 2, 2017
It’s a well-calibrated performance, with Harrelson convincingly conveying how Lyndon Johnson felt the weight of the world on his shoulders and took on that challenge in mostly admirable ways. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzNov 2, 2017
LBJ, Rob Reiner's film, benefits greatly from an absolutely all-in performance by Woody Harrelson as the former president. But it also benefits from the current president, or at least the current administration. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerNov 3, 2017
Reiner is no Oliver Stone, but he does stir things up by presenting Bobby Kennedy in the villain's role as a serious jerk and crafty underminer. Read full review
63
Washington PostSusan WloszczynaNov 2, 2017
I suspect that none of these actors had as much fun bringing to life the cagey and colorful political vulgarian as his fellow Texan, Woody Harrelson, seems to be having in LBJ, crudely and rudely drawling his lines behind a wall of latex makeup, plus-size prosthetic ears and horn-rimmed glasses that obscure his own facial features. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 1, 2017
The height and the way he used it should have been addressed. The film, like the player cast as its lead, is too short to do the subject justice. Read full review
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