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Jackie

Jackie

Drama · 2016

An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

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Jackie

2016 Drama 1h 40m

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6.5 / 10

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An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Pablo Larraín

Written by

Noah Oppenheim

Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman

Jackie Kennedy

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

Robert Kennedy

Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig

Nancy Tuckerman

Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup

The Journalist

John Hurt

John Hurt

The Priest

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

Bill Walton

Caspar Phillipson

Caspar Phillipson

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Court is in session

Put Jackie on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.