So much average

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

I enjoyed watching it quite a bit. Best actor there-Don Cheadle, was prob the most miscast though it was fun to watch him play Sammy. Deano was done alright by Montengna, while Lawford was shown to be a real wuss. Joey Bishop well he was just a cameo so who can say? Now Sinatra-Liotta has the attitude and manner down, but sure doesn't look like him. He's also over 6 foot while Ol' Blue Eyes was 5-9 maybe and skinny. But as Sinatra, Liotta wasn't a bad choice.You get a crash course in familiar faces/big names here: Sam Giancana, JFK, Joseph Kennedy, RFK, Marilyn, Joltin Joe, Johnny Rosselli, Ava Gardner, hmmmmm I am sure I'm leaving someone out but you get the idea. All this and some Hoover eavesdropping too! You even have allusions to J. Edgar and that infamous blackmail pic of him and Clyde Tolson, Mickey Cohen, a ludicrous scene of Sinatra trying to phone Nixon to concede the election(!) and of course, Dan O'Herlihy(from Robocop etc etc) running everything too. And yes the Klan shows. O and don't forget May Britt...Oh the buying of West Virgina primary votes and the Chicago votes by the mob too. That we all heard of as well.So was this any good?! Sure. Did I buy into it? Well...mostly. I got a kick outta Sinatra's tantrum when he found out that BING of all people was getting to host JFK instead of himself in California, and he starts to bash apart the half-finished additions to his Palm Springs mansion. Quite funny.The woman playing Ava was beautiful though Marilyn wasn't so convincing. Judith Campbell/Exner well that came off okay. Momo was shown w/ Rosselli tossing around the idea of 'whacking Frank', which hadda be a twist on things if ever there was one. This I did actually buy.Overall you will enjoy it though it did need some more of JFK's time in office, the CSI guy as JFK was a hoot. I liked their sailing scene together him and Sinatra.You won't go wrong with this if you just sit back and take it with a grain of salt.*** outta ****

First of all, this is a great movie. HBO has done it again by producing another interesting and thought provoking original movie. But, I have one complaint about the film. I am a New Englander such as our former President Kennedy was. He was born in Brookline and grew up in south eastern Massachusetts and he summered often in and around Cape Cod. When it comes to ice cream toppings, we here in New England don't have chocolate sprinkles....we have what we call "Jimmy's." You see, rainbow colored sprinkles are just that...sprinkles but chocolate sprinkles are known as "Jimmys." When Jack and Bobby decide to have some late night ice cream, Jack asks Bobby to get the sprinkles. Bobby hands him a jar of chocolate "Jimmys," not sprinkles. A boy from New England should know better, but the Hollywood based production would have no clue about the difference between chocolate and rainbow colored sprinkles / "Jimmys". Otherwise, the movie was good.

Thaat's another good surprise from the French Cable stations, not very well advertized here. The movie was announced as LES ROIS DE LAS VEGAS, period, and the surprise couldn't be greater. Although physical resemblance was far from adequate (except the perfect introduction scenes with the silhouette of the aged Sinatra), the movie was a fairly good account of the Camelot unforgettable days. Cheadle and Mantegna serve their roles better than Liotta, mainly because everybody knows The Voice couldn't be 6'tall. I happen to be one of the few here who remembered that Albert Maltz was one of The Hollywood Ten (victims of Senator McCarthy). The big mistake in the film seems to be the f...scene with Sinatra and Gardner, probably figured out after a one night stand in a speakeasy. At that time, Ava was having great fun in Madrid and elsewhere, and certainly didn't care much for Frank, Mickey, Artie or any former husband or lover of hers. Anyhow, if you can name me another country in the world where such a film is possible, you deserve an election. Can hardly wait to see Scorsese's own movie on the subject. P.S. I discovered Don Cheadle in this movie (didn't notice him in OCEAN'S ELEVEN,2001), he's really fantastic. Didn't know Sammy Davis, jr., was a drummer too (or was he?). harry carasso, paris, france

I loved this movie with a passion. I think that the writers and actors came together to truly bring the legend of the pack to life again. The events followed history to a tee, and there was little beefing up of plot. I would like to know where I can get a copy of the soundtrack for this movie. If anyone knows, I would love to hear from you!! Thanks guys.. and keep watching all those great movies!!!