This film is dire need of a re-write and a director who can handle a cast this large. I can even count the number of actors in this ensemble who have had name above title at one point in their careers; however, Emilio Estevez, as a director, obviously didn’t have the experience to tell them, “Um, guys, you’re performance is lacking, so could we try that again?”

So many performances in this were either over the top or unmotivated. OR, they were simply miscast i.e. Ashton Kutcher’s role as a drug dealing hippie.

On a good note, the film ends very, very strong with the aftermath of Kennedy’s attack, those around him who took stray bullets from assassin Sirhan Sirhan and the response of the Kennedy favorite after hearing about is eventual death. All of this was to the voice over of RFK’s archived audio, speaking about peace in our country before peace in the world can be achieved. Again, very strong stuff. It was Estevez’s best decision of the film.

I loved the fact that everything you saw of Bobby Kennedy was archived footage and news reel archives. At times, Estevez used a body double, masked by extras, but for the most part, if Bobby was speaking, it was the actual person speaking. It was along the lines of McCarthy in 2005’s “Good Night and Good Luck.”

The movie felt a little contrived in spots, as far as its dialogue and many, many messages, mostly because of the poor performances. The film has lots to say, but it all came from too many characters we simply didn’t care about.

I think maybe for history’s sake, you should rent this, but definitely wait until is hit the shelves.