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JFK (1992)
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A film that chronicles New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison's investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It explores all the credible assassination theories that have raised the nation's persistent questions, doubts and suspicions. (read more)
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| JFK Movie Review by Thom (10/11/2007) |
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I saw JFK about a year after it was released, a time in my life when I was very politically impressionable. At first I took the film to be, to quote a line from the movie itself, "A lot of smoke but there's some fire" and became both embittered with my government and curious about the assassination. While my views have...
(complete JFK review by Thom)
Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex. It was not well know at the time of Kennedy's presidency. Oliver Stone presents a long and confusing argument that it was behind Kennedy's assassination. The film show Keven Costner as Jim Garrson battling the US Government and it's cronies: the ultra-right-wing...
(complete JFK review by Movie Addict)
| JFK Movie Review by JR (3/9/2007) |
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On a pure technical level, this is Oliver Stone's masterpiece. The collage-like editing is breathtaking, as are the stirring score (by John Williams, no less), the multi-stock photography, and period detail of the 1960's time frame. It is also packed with great celebrity cameos, with many of the performers playing...
(complete JFK review by JR)
Oliver Stone isn't always the devil...just sometimes. This look at the conspiracy theory behind JFK's assasination is one of Stone's best movies.
Yes, you have to deal with Kevin Costner, but this epic is worthy of the topic.
It has many dissenters, yes, but I have always felt that the madness Stone expresses in his...
(complete JFK review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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