Review of Bobby movie

I've never really known much about the Bobby Kennedy story except for contextual info around JFK. This movie passed me by on its cinema release and I just spotted it on Sky Movies. The description sounded good along with an all-star cast.

I haven't finished watching it and I don't know if I will. It is a terribly frustrating movie. The entire thing seems to be built around the activities in the hotel where he is coming to on the day he is shot. So lots of scenes involving campaign aides, hotel staff, alcoholic singers and others hanging around. This is intercut with actual footage of Bobby in those few days.

The problem is that I don't really care about the people in the hotel. If it was all real footage it would be a far more interesting movie. I know they are trying to give some sense of what it was like to "live" during that time, from Vietnam to economic problems etc. But it just isn't interesting.

I may update if I get to the end but I think I'll just try and source a documentary instead