LBJ (2017)

★ 6.4 1h 38m 169 votes IMDb

The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.

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Cast

Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson as Lyndon B. Johnson Age 64 · Midland, Texas, USA Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He first became known for his role as bartender Woody Boyd on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1985–1993), for which he won a Primetime...
Michael Stahl-David
Michael Stahl-David as Robert F. Kennedy Age 43 · Chicago, Illinois, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Stahl-David (born October 28, 1982) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his television role as Sean Donnelly on The Black Donnellys and his lea...
Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins as Sen. Richard Russell Age 78 · DeKalb, Illinois, USA Richard Dale Jenkins (born May 4, 1947) is an American actor. Jenkins began his acting career in theater at the Trinity Repertory Company and later made his film debut in 1974. He has worked steadily...
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lady Bird Johnson Age 64 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow; February 5, 1962) is an American actress. She began her career on television during the 1970s before making her film breakthrough in the teen film Fas...
Jeffrey Donovan
Jeffrey Donovan as John F. Kennedy Age 57 · Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA Jeffrey Donovan, born on May 11, 1968, is an American actor and director known for his compelling performances across film, television, and stage. With his versatility, nuanced portrayals, and command...
Bill Pullman
Bill Pullman as Ralph Yarborough Age 72 · Hornell, New York, USA William Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American actor. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre, he was an adjunct professor at Montana State University before deciding to...

Audience Reviews

wizzardss 5/10 Feb 17, 2021
Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, his Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson, stepped up to take the main job. This biopic stars Woody Harrelson as Johnson, and tells the story of LBJ as Vice President under Kennedy.

Other than the tragic circumstances from which he inherited the role, when compared with his predecessor, JFK, and his eventual successor, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson had an uneventful presidency. _LBJ_ digs into what made the man tick.

Like many political flicks - especially those released around an election (in this case Trump in 2016) - much of its content has to be taken with a pinch of salt but, in truth, it is difficult to see what story _LBJ_ was trying to tell in the first place.

Johnson comes across as a confused individual, caught between his loyalties to his Southern heritage and his reluctant thrust into Kennedy's progressive administration, often jerking from a ruthless and power-hungry politician, to a sensitive and loyal husband.

The film attempts to concentrate on the Civil Rights movement, but oddly skirts over other defining issues such as Vietnam, giving it the feeling of an evening documentary with dramatic recreations.

Overall it is Harrelson - distracting and inaccurate makeup aside - that keeps the film together. His sombre portrayal of Johnson provides just enough charm to keep the film flowing, turning what would have otherwise been a drab documentary into appreciable entertainment.

Worth watching for a little more insight between the Kennedy and Nixon years.
GenerationofSwine 1/10 Jan 12, 2023
Every now and again you get an IMDB moderator that strikes down anything political that he doesn't agree with...

... in this case it's saying that LBJ wasn't a great movie and that he wasn't a great president.

This is the president that took out his manhood when the press asked him why we were still in Vietnam. This was the president that tried to force an astronaut's wife with a speech impediment to appear with him on television to further his career.

LBJ ignores all of that.

LBJ falsely makes the case that Johnson devoted his presidency to expanding Kennedy's policies. In reality he reversed him. His first act as POTUS was to reverse NSAM #263 and sent thousands of kids to die in Vietnam.

LBJ glosses over all of that to make him look like a virtuous president concerned only about carrying on Jack's legacy.

This is an epic of revisionist history.

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