JFK
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71 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

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  • Starring: Kevin Costner
  • Summary: A government conspiracy is seen to be behind the assassination of President Kennedy in Oliver Stone's controversial film.
  • Director: Oliver Stone
  • Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
  • Rating: R
  • Runtime: 189 min
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 23
  3. Negative: 2 out of 23
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    Stone and his editors, Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia, have somehow triumphed over the tumult of material here and made it work - made it grip and disturb us.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Torene Svitil
    80
    Truth or not, this is an exceptional piece of cinema, deeply provoking and audacious.
  3. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Vincent Canby
    60
    The movie, which is simultaneously arrogant and timorous, has been unable to separate the important material from the merely colorful.
  4. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Rick Groen
    25
    A three-hour oration, rambling and familiar and repetitive, during which director Oliver Stone uses the assassination of John Kennedy as an elaborate pretext for delivering a dull sermon. [20 Dec 1991]
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  1. Compi24
    9
    Oliver Stone delivers the epic tale of Louisiana D.A. Jim Garrison and his crusade for the truth about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I've heard many different things about the legitimacy of "JFK", but it does bring up a series of valid questions surrounding Kennedy's murder. Everyone in this star-studded cast brought their A-game for "JFK". From Kevin Costner's commanding turn as Jim Garrison to Gary Oldman's dynamic portrayal of Lee Harvey Oswald, the acting remains a flawless aspect of the film. Another aspect of the film I admired was the Oscar-winning cinematography. Cinematographer Robert Richardson does a stunning job at seamlessly integrating actual archive footage and mock archive footage into the film. He also does a fairly impressive job with lighting techniques in some more tense scenes. Overall, "JFK" struck a very powerful chord with me, and it remains a fairly provocative film that enforces that the power to question is one of the most effective abilities of the citizens of a country.… Collapse

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