Movie Review for All the King’s Men

The film I watched was All the King’s Men. The movie’s perspective is from that of Jack Burden, a journalist from a rich family who befriends a small town “honest man,” Willie Stark, who is running for county treasurer so that he can keep the county commissioners from being so corrupt, while writing an article on him. Willie does not win but later runs for governor. Once again Willie loses the race but he now knows how he can win the next time he runs. Willie appeals to all the country folk by telling them how he too was just a hick who was out to help other hicks. However, once Willie becomes elected, he becomes corrupt. He finds ways to get his programs across and bills passed by any means necessary, whether it is blackmail or other illegal activities. Once Willie has gained this power, he soon starts believing that he is above the law, and that he will be able to fix any problems he may face along the way. Willie realizes that he can’t buy anything when his son gets paralyzed in a drunken driving accident in which he kill

s the girl who was riding with him. Willie’s influential ways persuade everyone to believe the things he says, especially that “all good must come from a little bad,” except for Dr. Adam Stanton and his uncle Judge Stanton. In the end of the movie, the Judge commits suicide rather than help swing votes to keep Willie from being removed from office, and because of this, Dr. Stanton shoots and kills Willie after he has announced that he had been cleared of all charges.

I sympathized the most with Jack. Jack was lured in like most of the others by Willie’s charm and way with words. Once he realized the extent of Willie’s evil however, he found himself too deep involved to get out. Willie’s power over Jack led to Jack unearthing negative past records of a man he had admired, Judge Stanton. Willie also stole the girl Jack loved more than anything else, Anne, from him and caused the death of both the Judge and Dr. Stanton. There is no doubt that Jack suffered more than any other character in the movie.

I really enjoyed this film. I liked the many different subpl

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