Review of JFK (1991) by Paul P — 29 Nov 2008

For me, this is Stone at his best. How he manages to pull all of the conjecture and fact about JFK's assasination and make such a hypnotic and provoking film is something I just can't comprehend.

Visually, this is a stunning film to watch and it is one of those films that really benefits from the editting process, which in this case is masterful. So much information is set out in the film and it never feels forced.

Up front, Costner is terrific, his delivery of the courtroom speech in the last 45 mins or so is breathtakingly good. When you also get the likes of Pesci, Kev Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones (very creepy) and Donald Sutherland to name a few, you get the sense that this is grand film making. It's not perfect and there are numerous scenes that could have been dropped (mainly the domestic strife scenes with Sissy Spacek) which didn't add anything to the story.

Ultimately, intelligent material like this doesn't come round that often and kudos to all involved for making it.