Review of Jackie (2016) by Amheretojudge — 02 Jun 2018

Grieved over life and death..

Jackie There are few dramatic sequences installed so perfectly that it aches to see such a fine art go waste by under this huge pile of troubled mourning that neither leaves the character nor the audience togrieved over life and death..

Jackie.

There are few dramatic sequences installed so perfectly that it aches to see such a fine art go waste by under this huge pile of troubled mourning that neither leaves the character nor the audience to inhale for a moment. The feature is rich in costume and make-up design but unfortunately fails in background score and product design. The writing attempts a lot to grasp the viewers' attention through various perspective that may change the opinion but the real culprit in here is the premise that is restrained and something whose boundary can't be broken which is a downer. Pablo Larrian; the director, has done a tremendous work on executing this eerie character driven feature where the editing might not support it thoroughly. Natalie Portman is flat out amazing on her depiction and is supported brilliantly by a great supporting cast like Billy Crudup and Greta Gerwig. There are lots of bits and pieces that are thought-provoking and something that can be explored upon but if considered as a whole package, it shatters expectations. Jackie is a passion project that is grieved over life and death but the amount of time and the path it chooses to convey its message makes the audience work for it and frankly at the end of the line it isn't worth to that extent.