LBJ

"Those of us who are of a certain age well remember the early sixties, marked by the Kennedy (JFK) years, his assassination and the installation of Kennedy’s vice-president Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) as the next American president. In the wake of the Kennedy assassination Johnson focused on the passing of the Civil Rights Act, something which Kennedy had wanted but did not achieve."

"It's not that Johnson isn't a compelling dramatic figure, but [Rob] Reiner's film is too broad and simplistic to capture why that is."

"Reiner has been around the block enough times to relish everything in Johnson that's rudely incorrect."

""LBJ" is a frustratingly underdeveloped vehicle for Mr. Harrelson's talents as well as an unfortunate missed opportunity."

"Strictly conventional, even down to the oft-used marching drums in the background, but it's solidly entertaining nonetheless..."

"While providing some enlightening insight into the 36th President, LBJ never truly engrosses."

"An attentively presented but oddly unrewarding viewing experience despite a persuasive Woody Harrelson lead performance as Lyndon Baines Johnson."

"Absorbing if conventional."

"So LBJ is very much a flawed movie, in the ways that almost all "important man" biopics tend to be."

"This is definitely the wrong Commander In Chief to portray as an overgrown grumpy toddler, but that's how Joey Hartstone's simplistic script often characterizes him."