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Bob Roberts

R
Movie
1992
1h 42m
English
Comedy, Drama
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the filmmakers follow his campaign, Robbins gives needle-sharp insight into the way candidates manipulate the media.
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CRITIC SCORE
83

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Tim Robbins
Bob Roberts
Alan Rickman
Lukas Hart III
Ray Wise
Chet MacGregor
Brian Murray
Terry Manchester
Gore Vidal
Senator Brickley Paiste
Rebecca Jenkins
Delores Perrigrew
Harry Lennix
Franklin Dockett
John Ottavino
Clark Anderson
Robert Stanton
Bart Macklerooney
Kelly Willis
Clarissa Flan
Merrilee Dale
Polly Roberts
Tom Atkins
Dr. Caleb Mneck
David Strathairn
Mack Laflin
James Spader
Chuck Marlin
Pamela Reed
Carol Cruise
Helen Hunt
Rose Pondell
Eva Amurri
Child in Hospital
Jim West
Bus Driver
Lynne Thigpen
Kelly Noble
Bingo OMalley
Robert Roberts, Sr.
Kathleen Chalfant
Constance Roberts
Ruth Lesko
School Teacher
Jack Black
Roger Davis
Directed By: Tim Robbins
Written By: Tim Robbins

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moonkodi says...
8 years ago
Very good satire. Very true. Shows how's you can use/abuse nationalism to manipulate the masses and how a non political background candidate (in this case business) can give the appearance of being the real alternative vote. Appealing to persoanl greed and making it seem fair. Trump anyone? The usual political campaign stuff like telling people what they want to hear / blatant lies. Creating a persona and all the acting and charm with that. Using scripts but turning to an exaggerated gut response when venturing from the script..it's got it all. Bob's even making money from music as he's going along. He calls a little girl that send him a card a future soldier. The American dream as a business (global domination with war) has a cost. Corruption. Hypocrisy. Information and damage control. The war machine. Shadow government. Media control. The nature of voters. It goes on. Bravo Tim Robbins. I don't find it rant or liberal propaganda. More of a story of a man.
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Saint Pauly says...
4 months ago
[spoiler] A mockumentary about a conservative entertainment celebrity who claims to be a good businessman running for Senate and fakes his own assassination attempt to bolster his flagging campaign. [/spoiler] The movie was made in 1992. 10/10 on the prescience scale.
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Spiritualized Kaos says...
2 years ago
Pretentious critique of the American political system.
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Ntvjackson says...
4 years ago
This movie is so bland. It has LONG segments of people singing folk songs just to stretch the movie out. Doesn't reach any conclusions or make a point. Really a waste of time.
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AndrewBloom
CONTAINS SPOILERS8/10  5 years ago
[7.7/10] There are parts of *Bob Roberts* that feel almost scarily prescient and salient. Nearly three decades later, the idea of the conservative rebel, a well-moneyed entertainer posing as the common man and complaining about a scary “other” threatening to undo the American way of life is nigh More
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