Parkland
Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances at Parkland Hospital in Dallas after the attack that assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
6 September 1953, New York City, New York, USA
8 April 1955, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
5 June 1967, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
1979, New Zealand
12 October 1980, Spokane, Washington, USA
10 April 1975, New York, USA
24 April 1959, Dallas, Texas, USA
June 27, 2016
The performances are powerful, the authenticity is admirable, and the tone remains objective in its depiction of events throughout.
April 28, 2014
Had Landesman spent a bit more time on his characters and narrative, he might have made a more watchable movie.
October 04, 2013
Somehow, all this commotion adds up to aimless inertia, in part because the movie lacks a point of view - let alone anything fresh to propose about the assassination or its peripheral players.
January 24, 2014
Parkland is a movie of simple motives. It doesn't waste time with pomp or theory, and the material is acted by those who connect with the characters like reflections in the mirror.
October 04, 2013
"Parkland" expends lots of energy and expertise on re-creating these infamous events, yet it is so lacking in narrative purpose that many viewers are likely to leave muttering, "Okay...but so what?"
October 04, 2013
This episodic drama is set in Dallas during the three days after the JFK assassination, and some of it is highly charged.
October 04, 2013
Parkland is history as existential despair.
October 04, 2013
Takes one of the most traumatizing events of the American 20th century and turns it into a trivia digest.
October 10, 2014
A ( ... ) pragmatic, four-day, fly-on-the-wall view of Dallas when the 20th Century's most documented death arguably facilitated the birth of 24-hour rolling news, citizen journalism and You Tube.
January 02, 2014
Ultimately Parkland is not thought-provoking, inspiring or even brave enough to be offensive, but it does raise some interesting scenarios and is full of some very solid acting.
October 08, 2013
Kennedy specialists will glean nothing new, and those hoping for sobriety will flinch at the camera's intrusions.
April 16, 2014
I suppose each generation gets the JFK movie it deserves. We should feel lucky to get this one.
