All the King's Men (2006)

Name: All the King's Men
Director: Steven Zaillian
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2006
Duration: 128 min

"Time brings all things to light."

ThumbScore

👍 63%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.

Critics Score

🎬 24% (RT: 11%, MC: 37)

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Director

Steven Zaillian

Runtime

2h 8m

Country

Germany, United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

5.8/10 (349 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

11%

Metacritic

Cast

Sean Penn as Willie Stark · 72% avg

Jude Law as Jack Burden · 69% avg

Anthony Hopkins as Judge Irwin · 72% avg

Kate Winslet as Anne Stanton · 72% avg

Mark Ruffalo as Adam Stanton · 75% avg

Patricia Clarkson as Sadie Burke · 72% avg

James Gandolfini as Tiny Duffy · 68% avg

Jackie Earle Haley as Roderick "Sugar Boy" Ellis · 69% avg

Is All the King's Men good?

It's divisive. 63% audience score, estimated from 349 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 24%, but audiences disagreed.

Overview

The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren, loosely based on the story of real-life politician Huey Long. Wikipedia ↗