Bob Roberts
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing '60s-style acoustic folk songs with lyrics espousing far-right conservative social and economic views.
Critics Sentiment
Boy announces Bugs Raplin's death as Roberts walks upright
Lukas Hart receives subpoena for unpaid housing loans
The film drops to its lowest point during the convoluted conspiracy subplot with Hart's subpoena, then rebounds strongly with the TV show disruption and assassination attempt sequence.
Bob Roberts maintains solid satirical footing throughout most of its runtime, with critics particularly praising the folk song inversions and political rally sequences. The film stumbles somewhat in its middle act when conspiracy elements become heavy-handed, but recovers with a powerful and widely acclaimed ending that showcases Roberts' deception and Raplin's fate.
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Tim Robbins
Bob Roberts
Giancarlo Esposito
Bugs Raplin
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
Peter Gallagher
Dan Riley
Crew
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