JFK
Documentary film about the assassination of President John Kennedy on November 22, 1963. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas and Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for murdering the president. Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey, who was supposed to avenge the president's death. In the end, the case is that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Robbie acted alone in their crimes, but Louisiana County attorney Jim Garrison seems to have another view. It is a realistic view of this assassination that seems mysterious.
18 November 1940, Columbus, Kansas, USA
31 October 1939, New York City, New York, USA
8 April 1955, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
3 September 1949, Renton, Washington, USA
8 February 1925, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
14 November 1940, USA
July 28, 2015
JFK undeniably is well crafted and exhilarating. But it comes equipped with the biggest movie caveat emptor on record -- the historical context is Stone's and Stone's alone.
November 12, 2013
Even aside from what it's saying, and even with the many, many forced moments, JFK has a mad genius about it.
June 24, 2006
Stone goes for the gut, but the complexity of theories surrounding the Kennedy assassination might have benefited from a cooler assessment.
March 04, 2011
Despite the controversial and verbose nature of the material, not to mention lenghty running time, Oliver Stone's JFK is a riveting dramatizaition of various conspiracy theories regarding the Kennedy's assassination
May 12, 2001
As speculation, JFK is riveting. As proof, it's bunk. Stone has turned what he considers the crime of the century into a disturbing anomaly -- a dishonest search for truth.
March 27, 2009
Sad to say, Oliver Stone's three hours of bombast did little to raise the level of discussion.
February 13, 2001
Costner may not resemble the real Garrison much ... but the actor, in a low-key but forceful performance, nicely conveys the requisite grit, curiosity and fearlessness.
May 20, 2003
The film's insurmountable problem is the vast amount of material it fails to make coherent sense of.
November 22, 2013
an imperfect masterpiece
December 20, 2016
While Stone has certainly stirred up the waters, with good conscience and, in JFK's own parlance, "with vigah," most people are likely to regard JFK as BS.
November 12, 2013
It's damn entertaining and thought-provoking.
