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- PG-13
- National Geographic
- PG-13
- National Geographic
Summary Based on Martin Dugard and Bill O’Reilly’s book of the same name, it shows the events of John (Rob Lowe) and Jackie (Ginnifer Goodwin) Kennedy as well as Lee Harvey Oswald (Will Rothhaar)and his Russian wife Marina (Michelle Trachtenberg) leading up to the assassination of the president.
- PG-13
- National Geographic
- PG-13
- National Geographic
Killing Kennedy
Season 1 Premiere: Nov 10, 2013
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Summary Based on Martin Dugard and Bill O’Reilly’s book of the same name, it shows the events of John (Rob Lowe) and Jackie (Ginnifer Goodwin) Kennedy as well as Lee Harvey Oswald (Will Rothhaar)and his Russian wife Marina (Michelle Trachtenberg) leading up to the assassination of the president.
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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38% Positive
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46% Mixed
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15% Negative
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2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
55
38% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
46% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
15% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The pace and the performances carry the film.
Rob Lowe does a respectable turn as JFK... [But] It’s the lesser-known story of Lee Harvey Oswald, expertly played with simmering anger by Will Rothhaar, that’s most interesting.
Killing Kennedy easily could have been twice its length, the better to add both nuance and context. Instead it’s a watchable film with many missing parts, a broadly drawn Classics Illustrated version of what happened and why.
We already know too much and paradoxically too little about the JFK assassination. A TV movie needed to tell us something we don't know. No dice here.
You won't come away from it with any new answers, but it's a useful reminder of why the drama of that day has transfixed Americans for half a century.
There’s nothing terribly wrong with Killing Kennedy. We just don’t need the splashes of Hollywood in a story we already know way too well.
Killing Kennedy is so earnest and episodic as to sap any dramatic life from the movie, which weaves in selected news footage to enhance its sense of authenticity. Virtually all the dialogue is stiff and on the nose.... The entire cast is about as animated as the figures in Disney World’s Hall of Presidents.
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Production Company:
- National Geographic
- Scott Free Productions
Initial Release Date: Nov 10, 2013
Number of seasons: 0 Seasons
Rating: PG-13
Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 3 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 2 Nominations
Women's Image Network Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
