Review of Chappaquiddick (2018) by Netflic — 15 Apr 2018

It is a well known fact that politics cannot be done with clean hands.

This is a story about an infamous scandal and cover-up in 1969 when a young and hopeful presidential candidate Ted Kennedy was responsible for a fatal car accident that caused death of his female campaign staffer.

Or, maybe it was not an accident?

There are still many unanswered questions about it. We will probably never know the truth.

In this movie Ted Kennedy and his father Joseph Kennedy Senior are shown as immoral mafia-type clan members ("family", as they call it) who consider themselves above the law and would stop at nothing to keep the power. There is always plenty of powerful people who would willingly help them do it.

And even more people who would be willing to forgive and forget, especially if they push forward the same political views. Isn't it the same nowadays?

I do not consider the movie a masterpiece but I would still recommend to see it especially for younger generation who know little about the scandal but might remember "the Lion of the Senate".

In the end of the movie there are chronicles circa 1969 of real people in Massachusetts reacting to Ted Kennedy's plea on TV to forgive him. Those reels are impressive.