
On November 22, 1963, president John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for the crime and subsequently shot by Jack Ruby, supposedly avenging the president's death. An investigation concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby acted alone in their respective crimes, but Louisiana district attorney Jim Garrison is skeptical. Assembling a trusted group of people, Garrison conducts his own investigation, bringing about backlash from powerful go... (Full plot summary below)
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On November 22, 1963, president John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for the crime and subsequently shot by Jack Ruby, supposedly avenging the president's death. An investigation concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby acted alone in their respective crimes, but Louisiana district attorney Jim Garrison is skeptical. Assembling a trusted group of people, Garrison conducts his own investigation, bringing about backlash from powerful government and political figures.
Leave your thoughts about JFK.
| COED.comPhil VillarrealIt's damn entertaining and thought-provoking. |
| San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack[Stone's] filmmaking is so supple and alive, his obsession with the visual aspect of history so electrifying, that JFK practically roots itself in your imagination. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestJFK is an excellent movie that really makes you think. |
| Matt's Movie ReviewsMatt EasterbrookDefinitely one of the best movies of the 1990s. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenStone 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. |
| Miami HeraldBill CosfordControversy and all, JFK is one of the year's most powerful and provocative films. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJFK is a good movie, though not great art or drama. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyJFK is Stone's best and most emotional film since "Platoon." |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumSad to say, Oliver Stone's three hours of bombast did little to raise the level of discussion. |
| Sunday Times (Australia)Shannon J. HarveyIt may be pushing it's own angle, but damn if it's not rivetting. |