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View All (283)audience reviews Shioka O It's hilarious and still relevant. watched in 2022. Similar to Wag the Dog. Done by Tim Robbins himself, satiric direction maybe influenced by Altman.Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars12/07/22 Full Review dave s Tim Robbins wrote, directed and starred in the caustic satire Bob Roberts, a mocumentary that is unapologetic in its attack on right-wing, conservative politics in the United States. Roberts is a Republican politician running for a seat in the U.S. Senate, a Dylan-like character who relates his ideology through folk music and a populist doctrine. Lacking any sense of subtlety, which is undoubtedly deliberate, the film is clearly an attack on Republicans and anyone who supports them. Robbins is great in the lead role, the supporting cast is expansive and impressive, the writing is wickedly sharp, the songs are fantastic, and the final ten minutes are absolutely brilliant. Clearly made for an audience that leans to the left, Bob Roberts will appeal to any filmgoer who can check his or her political colors at the door.Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie seems more relevant now today than ever . You have a fun free thinking guy who loves his country going into politics as an outsider and instantly becoming hated by all the life long politicians . And he’s conservative and happens to offend all liberals . Hmmmmmm...... awfully familiar 3.4Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars02/10/21 Full Review steve d Entertaining but not not as deep as it thinks.Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Wonderful satire, great music. Very progressive.Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Everyone should see Tim Robbins' viciously intelligent and scandalously forgotten political satire. He wrote, directed, starred - but it's very much an ensemble triumph - with great cameos from Ray Wise, Alan Rickman, Gore Vidal and a host of others, and deliberate nods to Spinal Tap, Robert Altman (particularly Nashville) and movies like The Manchurian Candidate. Very funny, scarily prescient, essential viewing.Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews