
Recounting the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital; Dallas' chief of the Secret Service; an unwitting cameraman who captured what became the most watched and examined film in history; the FBI agents who nearly had the gunman within their grasp; the brother of Lee Harve... (Full plot summary below)
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Recounting the chaotic events that occurred in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, Parkland weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances: the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital; Dallas' chief of the Secret Service; an unwitting cameraman who captured what became the most watched and examined film in history; the FBI agents who nearly had the gunman within their grasp; the brother of Lee Harvey Oswald, left to deal with his shattered family; and JFK's security team, witnesses to both the president's death and Vice President Lyndon Johnson's rise to power over a nation whose innocence was forever altered.
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| The Mail on Sunday (UK)Matthew BondThe acting, by stars such as Zac Efron, Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton and James Badge Dale, is low-key and magnificent. |
| AV ClubMike D'AngeloAs vicarious, you-are-there re-creations of historical events go, it’s creditably workmanlike; whether that’s the best use of the dream factory is another matter. |
| Metro Times (Detroit, MI)Corey HallParkland is a well-made movie that strenuously avoids having any sort of point. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThis episodic drama is set in Dallas during the three days after the JFK assassination, and some of it is highly charged. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordLandesman's film isn't about the Kennedy assassination so much as it is about the rippling effect it had on the ordinary people who dealt with its aftermath. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohBriskly edited and excitingly photographed with admirable attention to myriad detail, 'Parkland' features a battalion of good actors mostly working with laudable conviction and intensity. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfThe pressure of panic is vividly captured in the early going of the movie, but the story ends up elsewhere, lost in melodrama and a meandering sense of focus. |
| HitFixGuy LodgeStructured a little like a hypothetical 1963 Twitter timeline, narrowed by the hashtag #JFKRIP: none of the participants have much to say about the man or his absence, but they're appropriately sad about it. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeThe sheer sense of urgency, tragedy and confusion surrounding that world-changing assassination has never been so compellingly presented. |
| The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberEngrossing, quietly revelatory, and often profoundly moving as it retells a story we only thought we knew. |