Review of Jackie (2016) by Brent_Marchant — 10 Dec 2016

While meticulous in its re-creation of the events surrounding the death and funeral of JFK and although superbly acted by Natalie Portman in the lead role, this different take on the biopic genre feels like it's lacking something to pull it all together.

Viewers come away from the film realizing what a complex individual Jackie Kennedy was, though we're not much closer to truly understanding her than we were before going into the theater. The somewhat-jumbled handling of the seminal events and their aftermath doesn't always work, either, sometimes leaving viewers a bit confused about the timeline.

All in all, a noble attempt at profiling an enigma that doesn't quite hit the mark.