Rotten
Woody Harrelson's hammy performance almost makes this biopic worth endorsing.
David Ehrlich, indieWIRE
LBJ
In America's darkest hour came an unlikely hero.
2017 · 1h 38m · R Drama, History
Overview
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
Director and cast
- Woody Harrelson as Lyndon B. Johnson
- Michael Stahl-David as Robert F. Kennedy
- Richard Jenkins as Sen. Richard Russell
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lady Bird Johnson
- Jeffrey Donovan as John F. Kennedy
- Bill Pullman as Ralph Yarborough
- Brian Stepanek as Rufus Youngblood
- Tim Ransom as Larry O'Brien
- C. Thomas Howell as Walter Jenkins
- Doug McKeon Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Absorbing if conventional.
Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Reiner has been around the block enough times to relish everything in Johnson that's rudely incorrect.
Owen Gleiberman, Variety
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