JFK

Pros: Great editing and cinematography, good performances, intriguing

Cons: Well, you know...

The Bottom Line: Why don't you just read the review? Oh, too lazy, eh? Well, so am I...

Review: Remember, there's THE TRUTH (Shakes head with a menacing look) and "the truth". (Shakes head with a happy look on his face) - Lionel Hutz, "The Simpsons" We all know what happened on November 22, 1963. It has become as much a part of ...

Pros: acting and story line

Cons: none

Review: I was a senior in high school when JFK was murdered. This was the first president I was going to be able to vote for and I was excited. To have been alive and old enough to realize what was going on during this tumultuous era was very eerie. There was...

Pros: The greatest cast in history; Compelling; Will change the way you think

Cons: Not for casual viewing; homophobic; self-important

The Bottom Line: An essay in film form, still one of the most compelling historical films ever made.

Review: The assassination of John F. Kennedy is one of the profound moments in American history. Sometimes, it’s difficult to understand why, seeing as how I was born long after it happened. It might have been the first sign of the cynicism about politics and...

Pros: Makes you think, brings clarity, great script, acting, and directing

Cons: Just that it is a long movie...but rightfully so

Review: Do you have questions about John F. Kennedy's assassination? Are you unsure if it was a conspiracy? If one man acted alone? If our government, the United States government played a part in killing one of their own, their commander in chief,...

Pros: A brilliantly constructed collage/montage/monograph reflecting on the century's most famous assassination

Cons: Some bad calls by Stone for his Director's Cut

Review: Film critics who ply their trade as armchair historians usually despise Oliver Stone's JFK. Not because of the facts it puts on the screen, but because of the fiction. The Kennedy assassination is a subject that so infuriates people --...

Pros: gary oldman

Cons: conspiracy theory sometimes goes too far

Review: I LOVE Gary Oldman and that is probably the #1 reason I went to see this movie. He always seems to transform himself into whatever character he plays (i.e., "Sid and Nancy"). So I couldn't wait to see how he did as Lee Harvey Oswald. (He did...

Pros: The direction, art direction, acting, editing and cinematography are perfect.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: Oliver Stone's JFK is an exciting and enthralling masterpiece. It's not to be missed.

Review: ****/**** Oliver Stone's JFK is a stunning, gripping and enthralling masterpiece. On November 22, 1963, one of the most terrible things happened to America that day; the president, John F. Kennedy was shot dead. As the film goes, a New Orleans DA ...

Pros: Theories, emotional power, direction of Stone, acting

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: "JFK" is as powerful as it gets. It has a purpose and message that is great, and Stone's direction is at its very best.

Review: I have grown up basically a child of the 90s. This last decade is the one I remember from my childhood. I didn't grow up in the 60s and thusly can't remember the crazy events that took place and the overall strange feeling that the country seemed to be...

Pros: MAKES YOU THINK / awesome acting

Cons: none

Review: I remember it like it was yesterday. November 22, 1963. I'd graduated from high school just the June before and there I was at my first full time job.

It was just after lunch when one of our salesmen came rushing through the front door...

Pros: Many sterling performances; excellent use of montage; sharp editing

Cons: Very long; arguably speculative; Sissy Spacek's role is surprisingly thankless

The Bottom Line: JFK remains a challenging film that poses some very challenging questions about a horrific event in U.S. history

Review: A little more than ten years now have passed since director Oliver Stone unleashed his furiously controversial film JFK on the world, and its effects are still being felt.

While Stone can be faulted on the grounds of taking as the basis for...