Directed by:
Pablo LarraínScreenplay:
Noah OppenheimCinematography:
Stéphane FontaineComposer:
Mica LeviCast:
Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, Richard E. Grant, Caspar Phillipson, John Carroll Lynch, Beth Grant, Max Casella (more)VOD (2)
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Natalie Portman stars in the title role of this biographical drama that follows First Lady Jackie Kennedy in the days after her husband's assassination in 1963. As Jackie mourns the tragic death of her husband, she accepts advice from White House staff and prepares to give an interview to 'Life' magazine's Theodore H. White (Billy Crudup). Known for her dignity and composure in front of the cameras, behind closed doors Jackie struggles to cope with the loss of her partner and the weight of the world that now rests on her shoulders. (Entertainment One)
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Yikes, that was depressing! I was bored out of my mind. The creators failed to get me interested in anything they were trying to say. Natalie Portman in the lead role was absolutely terrible. Not for a moment did I manage to forget that it was her playing Jacqueline Kennedy, which is a major problem for me. A good acting performance lets you forget that it's an acting performance.
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Jackie Kennedy was a significant historical celebrity, and the assassination of her husband is still considered a highly significant milestone in the history of the United States. The producer logically saw potential in the leading character, but the result is one of the most unnecessary films I have ever had the misfortune to watch. Its goal is to create a replica of Kennedy's former partner and capture her during the time when she was dealing with her loss. However, Natalie Portman's portrayal lacks naturalness and spontaneity in Jackie's costume. She comes across as someone who wants to make a good impression in society, putting on a mask and trying to carefully control her emotions. Any documentary would better convey the character of Jackie and those events. This is simply a futile memory of times when women were defined by their husbands' status. Unfortunately, it is a very boring and uninteresting movie for me. Overall impression: 25%.
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A film image on how we organized President Kennedy's funeral. Unfortunately, Jackie falls into that wave of biopics that pick only a minimal fraction of a key figure's life and build on that. It conveys nothing more than the heightened emotion of a single moment, and that is a complete waste for the surface of a feature film.
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A non-Hollywood gem through and through, dominated by stewed emotions and a contact camera. Natalie Portman is in a different league, but I feel like this story of a fresh widow deserves a stronger framing, perhaps in a film where she's not the lead, but rather a prominent supporting character. Larraín pulls it off extremely artistically, but the stranglehold on the audience's empathy gets annoying in the second half.
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I don’t think I have ever seen a movie that would be this strained and forced. I mean movies about American presidents do contain this type of boredom, but here it was emphasized by the terribly forced performance given by Natalie Portman, whom I really like under different circumstances. But in this one I couldn’t stand her at all. She was showing off in front of the camera and it seemed that she really really wanted to win an Oscar. She wanted it so hard that she couldn’t have been more annoying and less believable I guess. And on top of that, the greatest issue with the movie is that it’s actually about nothing at all. It does have its moments, but I think I could count those with the fingers of my hand. The rest is simply an absolutely worthless movie that is trying to speak to US citizens. I don’t think it makes any sense in Europe.
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