Although it is a project from the heart, the new film  "Bobby" directed by EMILIO ESTEVEZ, falls far short of it's goal. The story takes us back to 1968 and the Ambssador Hotel in Los Angeles the day that Sen. Robert Kennedy was assasinated. We follow 16 hours of mostly fictional people and events in the lives leading up to the tragic moment. Estevez has put together a fine cast but gives most of them little to do. Among the cast are HARRY BELAFONTE. DEMI MOORE, ELIJAH WOOD, LINDSEY LOHAN, SHARON STONE, ANTHONY HOPKINS and daddy MARTIN SHEEN.  The newsreel footage of R.F.K. is both superb and sad . There are a couple of scenes that work.  The assasination as we hear Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" and the montage scenes of the people who died or were wounded as you hear R.F.K.'s speech in the background. All this is very moving, but by time you get there, you are trying to stay awake. Sorry Emilio, but I never though you could act, now i am not sure you should direct anymore.    SEE YA AT THE MOVIES   CLYDE
 

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