All the Way

All the Way dramatizes the first eleven months of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, beginning with his sudden swearing-in after John F. Kennedy's assassination in November 1963. Thrust into office without an election, Johnson sets out to push the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through a reluctant Congress while managing the escalating war in Vietnam and preparing to run for the office in his own right. His political skill is tested on several fronts at once: southern segregationist lawmakers who helped build his career, civil rights leaders pressing for meaningful change, and his own insecurities. Bryan Cranston plays Johnson, with Anthony Mackie as Martin Luther King, Jr., Melissa Leo as Lady Bird Johnson, Frank Langella as Senator Richard Russell, Bradley Whitford as Hubert Humphrey and Stephen Root as J. Edgar Hoover.

The film is directed by Jay Roach, the twelfth of fourteen features in his directing career, arriving between Trumbo and Bombshell. Robert Schenkkan wrote the screenplay, adapting his own stage play, and the production comes from Amblin Entertainment, Everyman Pictures, HBO Films and Moon Shot Entertainment. It runs 132 minutes and was released in May 2016.

On IMDb it holds 7.2 out of 10 from roughly 16,000 votes, with a 6.7 out of 10 on TMDB from a much smaller set of 326 votes. A critics' rating of 7.9 out of 10 from 47 reviews sits above both audience scores, suggesting reviewers responded more warmly than general viewers.