Review of Jackie (2016) by Dawdlingpoet — 27 Nov 2021

This film is very maudlin - the titular character sounds quite ghostly and it has somewhat of an ethereal feel to it. Of course its all about a true story, a very sad story and I can't say it wasn't a complete tragedy but the film didn't especially appeal to me as it seemed that things were somehow just a bit too overly forced in my opinion.

I feel the main culprit in this was the music, the sombre music felt a bit too forced. I can only imagine the pain that Mrs Kennedy must have felt and been left with for a long time after that horrendous shooting but it felt somehow slightly tacky the way that the music is so loudly over-present, if anything.

I did feel that Natalie Portman gave a reasonably good performance as Jackie - she does quite well at having a glassy look, which is quite understandable. There was a distinct feeling, an atmosphere, of numbness, again quite understandably so.

I still felt that there was something missing but I honestly can't say what that is. It was an ok watch, with some interesting pieces of dialogue and the like but I wouldn't say its especially good or great.

Its quite an eery watch but I'm not especially sure I learnt a great deal from it and I wouldn't say its entirely memorable either.