Jackie

Release Date: December 2, 2016

Starring: Natalie Portman as Jackie Kennedy
Peter Sarsgaard as Bobby Kennedy
Greta Gerwig as Nancy Tuckerman

Directed by: Pablo Larrain

Written by: Noah Oppenheim

The story of the aftermath, and the assassination, of John F. Kennedy in the perspective of his wife Jackie Kennedy.

I loved that they did this film. When you talk about the assassination most of the talk goes to if it was an inside job, how many gunman, and other conspiracy theories that have popped up since then, yet you never hear about what happened in the days after. What happened to Jackie and the kids? A lot of these historical facts are over shadowed by the unanswered questions of the events that happened. So, I am glad that they showed and acknowledged the events that happened directly after in the White House. While Natalie Portman was amazing as always, and the set and make up was great, the story was a little slow. I felt with what had happened after could have been summed up in less amount of time, however, considering that the film was a little over an hour and a half (it felt like three hours) I guess they were trying give the film length. I was really looking forward to more information about her. What her life was like before JFK, what it was like after his death, and all of the other interesting stuff about her. However, the film still ended up being about the assassination and only that. So, I was left a little bored and longing for more.