Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 55
Fresh: 46 | Rotten: 9
As history, Oliver Stone's JFK is dubious, but as filmmaking it's electric, cramming a ton of information and excitement into its three-hour runtime and making great use of its outstanding cast.
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 2
As history, Oliver Stone's JFK is dubious, but as filmmaking it's electric, cramming a ton of information and excitement into its three-hour runtime and making great use of its outstanding cast.
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The November 22, 1963, assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy shocked the nation and the world. The brisk investigation of that murder conducted under the guidance of Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren distressed many observers, even though subsequent careful investigations have been unable to find much fault with the conclusions his commission drew, the central one of which was that the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, acted alone. Instead of satisfying the public, one result of the Warren
Dec 20, 1991 Wide
Aug 27, 1997
Warner Bros.
All Critics (56) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (53) | Rotten (9) | DVD (27)
Sad to say, Oliver Stone's three hours of bombast did little to raise the level of discussion.
The film's insurmountable problem is the vast amount of material it fails to make coherent sense of.
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.
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.
Top CriticCompelling info-ganda.
A riveting marriage of fact and fiction.
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
Politician makes case for JFK murder as conspiracy.
An audio-visual tour de force, and perhaps the purest example of Oliver Stone's greatest strengths as a director.
There's something almost quaint about JFK now.
...it's a darned good movie, with the Blu-ray Director's Cut adding another quarter of a hour to the running time. (Blu-ray Digibook Edition)
...if you can forget some of the hyperbole, JFK comes off as a first-rate mystery thriller.
Lousy history, absolutely perfect filmmaking.
It is the director's evident passion to expose the deepest, darkest elements at work in society that really makes JFK come alive.
Forget about the history, just enjoy the ride.
All over the place, but fun
Stone goes for the gut, but the complexity of theories surrounding the Kennedy assassination might have benefited from a cooler assessment.
The film's true power lies in its ability to entertain, fascinate, teach and absorb all in one sitting.
You'll pick it apart later, but while it's going, it's one great political thriller.
The reviews for this film are very good, but I still believe it's a little underrated. The factuality of it is not complete, but believe it or not, this film is still being used to solve the conspiracy.
June 14, 2011Super Reviewer
I'm not really big into conspiracy theories and all. In fact, I mostly think that conspiracy theorists are nut cases, and quite often lunatics. In regard to Oliver Stone's JFK, the film deals with the conspiracy that there was a second gun man who assisted Lee Harvey Oswald in assassinating John F. Kennedy. JFK is a
October 31, 2011
Super Reviewer
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