Review of Chappaquiddick (2018) by Grantd243 — 24 Apr 2018

Considering I wasn't alive when the Chappaquiddick incident happened, I don't think it's that much of a surprise that I knew nothing about this incident until I saw the trailer for this movie. And I actually had forgotten what it was about for the most part by the time I reached the theater, as I watched the trailer a while back.

This is a competently made film. It has some great acting and it tells the story it wants to tell well. My problem with this film isn't the quality of the production, though, it's the story itself. Maybe it's because I wasn't alive when this took place (although that would be a very specific demographic to shoot for), but I didn't find this story interesting enough to warrant a movie.

Seriously, I don't think I've been as uninterested in a film as I was with this one in a long time. The one hour and forty-one minute runtime felt much longer, and by the time they reached the end of the movie I felt like there should have been more to it.

It's one of those movies where I'm torn, because it was well made but I felt more disappointed with this film than movies I've rated much lower. I guess I just wasn't the target audience for this one.