Review of Jackie (2016) by Moviemitch96 — 23 Dec 2016

I don't usually like to use this term to describe a film since I feel as though it's become somewhat of a cliche lately, however, it's really the only one and most fitting that I can think of to describe this film: Oscar bait.

Unfortunately, it's pretty tedious Oscar bait at that as well. Honestly, I just wanna cut to the chase by saying that Natalie Portman's performance as the titular character is the best thing the film's got going for it and even that's not saying much, because despite her honest and well-intended portrayal, in my opinion it still managed to come off as rather hammed up and forced many times.

As for the rest of the film itself, I honestly felt as though most of its runtime was spent giving us close-ups of Portman's grieving and distraught face as well as her spending well over most of the film whining about how depressed she is and how she wishes she were dead.

Overall, this was simply just a very stuffy, snobbish, and above all, Oscar baity film that has undeservedly caused huge Oscar buzz for Portman. I will seriously question the Academy's mindset should they choose to award her an unnecessary second Oscar for an ordinary performance in this ordinary film.